A storage profile is set of attributes that you apply to a storage pool to allocate storage, instead of having to set each attribute individually. The system has a predefined set of storage profiles. You can choose a profile suitable for the application that is using the storage, or you can create a custom profile.
The Sun StorEdge 6130 array has a default storage profile with RAID-5 storage characteristics that is suitable for many storage applications. The default pool uses the default profile.
Each storage profile has the following settings.