Viewing Disk Drive Information; Creating A Raid Volume - Promise Technology SmartStor NS4300N Product Manual

SmartStor NS4300N Product Manual

Viewing Disk Drive Information

To view information about a disk drive:
1. In the Tree, click the + beside the RAID & File System icon.
2. Click the RAID Management icon.
The RAID Status tab displays the current RAID system and its status.
3. In the Disk List, double-click a disk drive icon.
The disk drive information displays under Disk Status.

Creating a RAID Volume

On SmartStor, the term RAID Volume refers to one or more disk drives working
together as a RAID logical drive.
You can also use a USB disk to create a RAID Volume. See "Viewing an External
USB Drive or Memory Stick" on page 87.
You must have unassigned disk drives in your SmartStor to create a new RAID.
To create a new RAID Volume:
1. In the Tree, click the + beside the RAID & File System icon.
2. Click the RAID Management icon.
3. Click the Create tab.
4. From the RAID Level dropdown menu, choose the RAID level you prefer for
your disk array.
See "Choosing a RAID Level" on page 110 for more information.
5. Highlight disk drives in the Free Disks column and click the >> button to
move them to the Disks in RAID column.
6. Click the OK button.
The RAID Volume is created and formatting begins. Formatting requires
several minutes, depending on the size of your disk drives.
After formatting is done, you must create folders on your RAID Volume. See
"Adding a Folder" on page 80.
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