Create Jbod For Integrated Capacity - IEI Technology NOVA-8450 User Manual

E.5.3

Create JBOD for Integrated Capacity

JBOD is defined as "Just a Bunch of Drives." JBOD provides neither performance gains nor
data redundancy.
WARNING!
All data previously stored on the member drives of a RAID configuration will
be destroyed during the RAID initialization process. If "used" drives are used
to create a RAID array, make sure the data has been moved or backed up
before creating a RAID array out of the disk drives.
Use the arrow keys to highlight Create JBOD for Integrated Capacity and
Step 1:
press E . A flashing 'J' appears at the Drive Menu where the member drives
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to be included in the JBOD can be chosen.
Use the space bar to select members of the JBOD configuration. The flashing
Step 2:
cursor changes to a lower case 'j' once any of the connected disk drives has
been selected. Follow the same method to select another member drive. The
maximum number of member drives in a JBOD is four and the minimum is two.
The Create RAID1(Y/N) confirm box appears. Press Y.
Step 3:
Enter a nickname for the created array. Upper and lower case alphabetic,
Step 4:
numeric, space, and underscore characters are all applicable for naming an
array.
Once an array is successfully created, it will be seen in the list of configured
Step 5:
arrays. Step 0:
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