Five Disks: System Volume Mirror; Boot Order And Creating The Mirror After A Recovery - LaCie 5big Storage Server Technical Brief

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Technical Brief: RAID
5.3. Five Disks: System Volume
Mirror
In this example, Disk 0, volume letter
age Server operating system. Note that
(Fig. 20). The operating system, as shipped, takes up 35 GB on
Disk 0.
Fig. 20
5.3.1. Boot Order and Creating the Mirror
After a Recovery
All Windows Storage Server system files are duplicated on each disk
in the mirror. In most instances, when there are two versions of a
Windows operating system, the user is prompted to select one as the
device boots. Since a monitor and keyboard are required to choose
the boot disk, your 5big Storage Server has turned off this option to
save the user time when booting the device.
EXAMPLE: By default, the 5big Storage Server boots from the first
disk with an operating system. In this case, that is Disk 0
Disk 0 should experience a problem or the operating system is dam-
aged, the 5big Storage Server will boot from Disk 1 without forcing
any action from the user. However, this option will be lost if the user
has performed a recovery, reinstalling Windows Storage Server.
C contains the Windows Stor-
System is listed in its contents
(Fig.
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20). If
RAID - Five Disks
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