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Configure the
New Hard
Drive
NOTE:
Setting
up
a
RAID
configuration
requires at least
two
hard
drives.
1
Open
the
System
Configuration
Utility
from
a
client
computer connected to the myshare
storage enclosure.
Refer
to the
enclosure's
documentation for detailed
in
struction
s.
2
On
the
left
pane, click
Volume
Management.
Click
the Manage Volume tab
to
display
the drive's
specifications
and
current
status.
Click
the Manage
RAID
tab
to
set up an array.
Options
include
RAID 0
(Stripe),
RAID
1
(Mirror),
or
Span
(JBOD).
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Select
a RAID
option
then
follow
the related instructions.
lf
you
are
rebuilding
a
drive,
the
USB
backup
LED
indieator
lits
up green and
the
System Status
LED
indicator
blinks.
After the
RAID
rebuild operation
is
completed
the
USB
Backup
LED
automatically turns off
and
the
System Status
LED
lits
green.
Refer
to
section
E
for
an
overview of
each
RAID
option.
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Activity
lndicators (for
HDD
Installation)
LED
lndicator Color
State
)escription
Hard Drive
Green
On
lew
disk
drive
is
installed.
Amber
On
)isk drive
is
not clean
{with
user data stored on
it).
Green/
Amber
off
)isk drive
is
not
present.
)isk drive
is
not properly installed.
USB
Backup
Green
On
;ystem initialize operation
in progress.
off
;ystem initialize operation completed.
System Status Green
On
System
initialize operation completed.
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nnto overview
RAID
(Redundant Array
of lndependent
Disk Drives) refers
to
an array
of
multiple
independent
hard drives
that
provide
high performance and reliability.
RAID
function
depends
on
the number of
drives present and
the
RAID
level you selected.
The
myshare
storage enclosure
supports the
following
RAID
levels.
RAID 0 -
Also
known
as
stripping. All
data
are
distributed
evenly
to
all
existing
drives.
The
two
drives
work in
unison
to
maximize
system
performance.
However,
RAID 0
has
high
risks
of
data
security.
lf one
drive
fails
then all
data
in
both
drives
will
be lost.
RAID
1
-
Also
known
as
mirroring. Two
hard drives
are
required.
Data
written
to one
hard
drive
is
simultaneously
duplicated
to
another
hard
drive.
lf
one drive
fails,
the
other drive
continues
to function
as
a
single
drive until the
failed drive
is
replaced.
JBOD
(Just
a
Bunch
of
Drives) - Also
known
as
spanning.
Two
or more
hard drives are
required.
Several hard drives
are
configured
as
a
single hard disk expanding
the
capacity
of the
hard
drive and
results in
a
useable
total
capacity.
However,
JBOD
does
not
increase system
performance or
data
security.
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requentty Asked Questions
Can
you
install
just
one
drive?
Yes.
The
myshare
storage enclosure creates
a
degraded
RAID
1
(Mirror) volume for
OS
and data
when only
one hard
drive
is
installed. The
degraded volume
will
be
recovered
when
a
second
hard
drive
is
added
to
the enclosure.
lf
you want
to
configure the drive to other
RAID
levels, you
must
first
back-up
all
data
stored
on
the volume,
add
a
new
disk
and
use
the
System
Configuration
Utility to
select
another
RAID
type.
Can
you
instoll different
cdpacity hard drives?
Yes.
The
default
RAID
configuration
for
a
data
volume
is
Span,
which
works
fine
on
different capacity
hard drives. However,
if
you want to
change
the configuration
to
RAID
1
(Mirror),
the volume
size
equals
to the
size
of
the
smaller hard drive.
Cqn I
install
a
different
type of hard drive?
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No.
The
myshare
storage
enclosure
supports only
3.5-inch
SATA and
SATA
ll
hard drives.
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FAtrIA
,
Cqn
I install
hard drives
f
rom
different
manafocturers?
Yes.
The
myshare
storage enclosure
supports installation
as
well
as
copying
data
from
hard drives
with different
ma
n
ufactu rers.
How
many hard drives
do
I
have
to
install
to setup a
RAID
0
or
RAID
1
configuration?
Setting
up
a
RAID
configuration requires installation
of
two
SATA
hard drives.
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