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Rosewill HDD RAID RSV-S4-X User Manual

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  • Page 1 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual...
  • Page 2 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System 1 WELCOME...6 PRECAUTION ...6 FEATURES ...7 1.2.1 DATA SECURITY... 7 1.2.2 DATA PERFORMANCE ... 7 1.2.3 DATA VERSATILITY... 7 EASE OF USE...7 SPECIFICATIONS ...8 SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS ...8 PRODUCT CONTENTS...9 2 INTRODUCTION TO RAID...10 RAID VOLUMES ...10 SEGMENTING DISKS ...10...
  • Page 4 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System 3.3.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY ... 21 3.3.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP... 25 3.3.4 ALLOCATING PARTITION ... 25 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS XP (32/64-BIT)...32 3.4.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER ... 32 3.4.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY ...
  • Page 5 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 4.3.7 MAKE PASS-THRU ... 100 4.3.8 DEVICE SUMMARY... 100 4.3.9 CREATE RAID GROUP... 101 4.3.10 REBUILD RAID GROUP ... 102 4.3.11 DELETE RAID GROUP... 103 4.3.12 BRING RAID GROUP ONLINE... 103 4.3.13 RAID GROUP SUMMARY ...

  • Page 6: Welcome

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System 1 WELCOME RSV-S4-X enhances your data storage by combining advanced RAID on high-end data systems with low cost/high capacity Serial ATA drives. By using industry standard SATA drives and Silicon Image Host Bus Adapters, you can achieve extraordinarily low costs while remaining assured that your data is protected against hardware failure.

  • Page 7: Features

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System 1.2 FEATURES 1.2.1 DATA SECURITY The RSV-S4-X software driver includes support for monitoring to predict suspect drives. RSV-S4-X provides our highest commitment to data security through the use of RAID architecture to back up and protect data.

  • Page 8: Specifications

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System 1.4 SPECIFICATIONS A single eSATA host port to 4 SATA 3.5-inch hard disks, with tool-less screws & door cover. Power and host status LED, and devices status and activity LED. Metal chassis (SECC) and plastic panel frame (ABS) design.

  • Page 9: Product Contents

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System 1.6 PRODUCT CONTENTS The following parts are content. RSV-S4-X Port-Multiplier Box SiI3132R5 PCI-Express 1X HBA eSATA Cable AC Cable Tool-less Screw x 8 Setup and Installation Driver Repository CD RSV-S4-X User Manual...

  • Page 10: Introduction To Raid

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System 2 INTRODUCTION TO RAID RAID VOLUMES RAID technology allows one or more disks to be combined into a logical volume which provides greater performance and/or protection than standard disk drives. These volumes, also known as RAID Groups, appear like regular disk drives to the operating system and can be partitioned, formatted and used just like any other normal disk.

  • Page 11: Raid Levels

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System high security volume, the greem section is the middle security volume and the light blue shows the unprotected area. 2.3 RAID LEVELS 2.3.1 DISK STRIPING (RAID 0) Striping is a performance-oriented, non-redundant data mapping technique. While Striping is discussed as a RAID Group type, it is does not provide any fault tolerance.

  • Page 12: Disk Mirroring (Raid 1)

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System 2.3.2 DISK MIRRORING (RAID 1) Disk mirroring creates an identical twin for a selected disk by having the data simultaneously written to two disks. This redundancy provides instantaneous protection from a single disk failure.

  • Page 13: Parity Raid (Raid 5)

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System 2.3.4 PARITY RAID (RAID 5) Parity or RAID 5 adds fault tolerance to Disk Striping by including parity information with the data. Parity RAID dedicates the equivalent of one disk for storing parity stripes. The data and parity information is arranged on the disk array so that parity is written to different disks.

  • Page 14: Single Drive / Segment

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System 2.3.6 SINGLE DRIVE / SEGMENT The single drive is a virtual disk that can either be an entire disk drive or a segment of a single disk drive. Single drive is the “Contiguous” configuration option when creating RAID Groups (or sets) in the SATARAID5 software.

  • Page 15: Installation

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System 3 INSTALLATION 3.1 COMPONENTS There are three separate steps that must be install or setup for RSV-S4-X to function. These components are the HARDWARE, SATA RAID5 HBA DRIVER, and SATARAID5 Utility. The steps on how to setup these packages is described in the following sections.
  • Page 16 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Insert the Setup and Installation Repository CD in the CD-ROM drive. When start the Windows O/S, new hardware will be found, click Next>. Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended), than click Next>. Select Specify a location, than click Next>.
  • Page 17 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Click Browse… to select to driver path, than click OK. Click Next> to install the Silicon Image Sil3132 SoftRaid 5 Controller driver. Click Yes to pass the Microsoft digital signature and continue the installation.
  • Page 18 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual When the Silicon Image Sil3132 SoftRaid 5 Controller installation has completed, click Finish, and begin to the Silicon Image’s Pseudo Processor Device driver installation. Windows will find the Silicon Image’s Pseudo Processor Device hardware, click Next>.
  • Page 19 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended), than click Next>. Select Specify a location, than click Next>.
  • Page 20 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Click Browse… to select to driver path, than click OK. Click Next> to install the Silicon Image’s Pseudo Processor Device driver. When the Silicon Image’s Pseudo Processor Device installation has completed, click Finish.

  • Page 21: Installing Sataraid5 Utility

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 3.3.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the installation. Open the Setup and Installation Repository CD and select the SATARAID5 Array Manager software from the Utility folder.
  • Page 22 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Select Place shortcut on Desktop, than click Next> to create a shortcut on the desktop. Click Next> to use the default installation folder.
  • Page 23 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Click Next> to begin the installation. When SATARAID5 installation has completed, click Close to exit.
  • Page 24 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Select I agree the terms in the license agreement, than click Next> to begin the Java platform installation. Select Typical, than click Next>. When Java platform installation has completed, click Finish to exit.

  • Page 25: Disk Drive Mode Setup

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System Select Start > Programs > Silicon Image > SATARaid5Manager to start the Array Manager software. 3.3.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP Please refer to the chapter 4. 3.3.4 ALLOCATING PARTITION Before creating any partitions, RAID groups must first be created using the SATARaid5Manager utility.
  • Page 26 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Select Disk Management under Storage to view the disk drives. When Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard appears, click Next>.
  • Page 27 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Select the new disk to write a signature, than click Next>. Do not click any disk to upgrade to dynamic disk, than click Next>.
  • Page 28 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual When the Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard has completed, click Finish. Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select Create Partition… from the pop-up menu. Click Next> to create a partition on a basic disk.
  • Page 29 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Select the partition type you want to create, than click Next>. Specify the partition size you want to create, than click Next>.
  • Page 30 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Assign the drive letter or path you want to create, than click Next>. Click Format this partition with the following settings and Perform a Quick Format, setup the File system to use, Allocation unit size, Volume label, than click Next>. When the Create Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish.
  • Page 31 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual The status of the newly created partition in the Disk Management window should change to Formatting and the percentage complete will be displayed. Depending upon the size of the partition, the format process may take several minutes.

  • Page 32: Installing On Windows Xp (32/64-Bit)

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System window. Click on the “My Computer” icon on the Desktop. The new drives will be visible and properly named. The new disks are available for use. 3.4 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS XP (32/64-BIT) 3.4.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the setup.
  • Page 33 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced), than click Next>. Select Search for the best driver in there location, Include this location in the search, and click Browse to select the driver path, than click Next>.
  • Page 34 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual When the installation has completed, click Finish.

  • Page 35: Installing Sataraid5 Utility

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 3.4.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the installation. Open the Setup and Installation Repository CD and select the SATARAID5 Array Manager software from the Utility folder.
  • Page 36 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Select I Agree, than click Next>. Select Place shortcut on Desktop, than click Next> to create a shortcut on the desktop.
  • Page 37 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Click Next> to use the default installation folder. Click Next> to begin the installation.
  • Page 38 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual When SATARAID5 installation has completed, click Close to exit. Select I accept the terms in the license agreement, than click Next> to begin the Java platform installation. Select Typical, than click Next>.

  • Page 39: Disk Drive Mode Setup

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System When Java platform installation has completed, click Finish to exit. Select Start > All Programs > Silicon Image > SATARaid5Manager to start the Array Manager software. 3.4.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP Please refer to the chapter 4.
  • Page 40 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Right-click on My Computer icon and select Manage from the pop-up menu. Select Disk Management under Storage to view the disk drives. When Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard appears, click Next>.
  • Page 41 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Select the new disk to initialize, than click Next>. Do not click any disk to convert, than click Next>.
  • Page 42 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual When the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard has completed, click Finish. Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select New Partition… from the pop-up menu. Click Next> to create a partition on a basic disk.
  • Page 43 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Select the partition type you want to create, than click Next>. Specify the partition size you want to create, than click Next>.
  • Page 44 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Assign the drive letter or path you want to create, than click Next>. Click Format this partition with the following settings and Perform a quick format, setup the File system, Allocation unit size, Volume label, than click Next>. When the New Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish.
  • Page 45 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual The status of the newly created partition in the Disk Management window should change to Formatting and the percentage complete will be displayed. Depending upon the size of the partition, the format process may take several minutes.

  • Page 46: Allocating Partitions On Windows Xp 64-Bit

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System window. Click on the “My Computer” icon on the Desktop. The new drives will be visible and properly named. The new disks are available for use. 3.4.5 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS ON WINDOWS XP 64-BIT Before creating any partitions, RAID groups must first be created using the SATARaid5Manager utility.
  • Page 47 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Select Disk Management under Storage to view the disk drives. When Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard appears, click Next>.
  • Page 48 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Select the new disk to initialize, than click Next>. Do not click any disk to convert, than click Next>.
  • Page 49 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual When the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard has completed, click Finish. Windows 64-bit system supports GPT disk which supports disk volume greater than 2TB.
  • Page 50 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Right-click on the Basic disk and select Convert to GPT disk from the pop-up menu. Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select New Partition… from the pop-up menu.
  • Page 51 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Click Next> to create a partition on a basic disk. Select the partition to create, than click Next>.
  • Page 52 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Specify the partition size you want to create, than click Next>. Assign the drive letter or path you want to create, than click Next>.
  • Page 53 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Click Format this partition with the following settings and Perform a quick format, setup the File system, Allocation unit size, Volume label, than click Next>. When the New Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish.
  • Page 54 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual The status of the newly created partition in the Disk Management window should change to Formatting and the percentage complete will be displayed. Depending upon the size of the partition, the format process may take several minutes.

  • Page 55: Installing On Windows Server 2003 (32/64-Bit)

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System window. Click on the “My Computer” icon on the Desktop. The new drives will be visible and properly named. The new disks are available for use. 3.5 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS SERVER 2003 (32/64-BIT) 3.5.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the setup.
  • Page 56 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced), than click Next>. Select Search for the best driver in there location, Include this location in the search, and click Browse to select the driver path, than click Next>.
  • Page 57 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual When the installation has completed, click Finish.

  • Page 58: Installing Sataraid5 Utility

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 3.5.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the installation. Open the Setup and Installation Repository CD and select the SATARAID5 Array Manager software from the Utility folder.
  • Page 59 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Select I Agree, than click Next>. Select Place shortcut on Desktop, than click Next> to create a shortcut on the desktop.
  • Page 60 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Click Next> to use the default installation folder. Click Next> to begin the installation. When SATARAID5 installation has completed, click Close to exit.
  • Page 61 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Select I accept the terms in the license agreement, than click Next> to begin the Java platform installation. Select Typical, than click Next>.

  • Page 62: Disk Drive Mode Setup

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System When Java platform installation has completed, click Finish to exit. Select Start > All Programs > Silicon Image > SATARaid5Manager to start the Array Manager software. 3.5.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP Please refer to the chapter 4.
  • Page 63 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Right-click on My Computer icon and select Manage from the pop-up menu. Select Disk Management under Storage to view the disk drives. When Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard appears, click Next>.
  • Page 64 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Select the new disk to initialize, than click Next>. Do not click any disk to convert, than click Next>.
  • Page 65 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual When the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard has completed, click Finish. Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later system supports GPT disk which supports disk volume greater than 2TB.
  • Page 66 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Right-click on the Basic disk and select Convert to GPT disk from the pop-up menu. Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select New Partition… from the pop-up menu.
  • Page 67 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Click Next> to create a partition on a basic disk. Select the partition to create, than click Next>.
  • Page 68 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Specify the partition size you want to create, than click Next>. Assign the drive letter or path you want to create, than click Next>.
  • Page 69 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Click Format this partition with the following settings and Perform a quick format, setup the File system, Allocation unit size, Volume label, than click Next>. When the New Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish.
  • Page 70 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual The status of the newly created partition in the Disk Management window should change to Formatting and the percentage complete will be displayed. Depending upon the size of the partition, the format process may take several minutes.

  • Page 71: Installing On Windows Vista (32/64-Bit)

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System window. Click on the “My Computer” icon on the Desktop. The new drives will be visible and properly named. The new disks are available for use. 3.6 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS VISTA (32/64-BIT) 3.6.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the setup.
  • Page 72 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Insert the disc that came with your RAID Controller, than click Next. When the installation has completed, click Close.

  • Page 73: Installing Sataraid5 Utility

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 3.6.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the installation. Open the Setup and Installation Repository CD and select the SATARAID5 Array Manager software from the Utility folder.
  • Page 74 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Select I Agree, than click Next>. Select Place shortcut on Desktop, than click Next> to create a shortcut on the desktop.
  • Page 75 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Click Next> to use the default installation folder. Click Next> to begin the installation.
  • Page 76 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual When SATARAID5 installation has completed, click Close to exit. Select I accept the terms in the license agreement, than click Next> to begin the Java platform installation. Select Typical, than click Next>.

  • Page 77: Disk Drive Mode Setup

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System When Java platform installation has completed, click Finish to exit. Select Start > All Programs > Silicon Image > SATARaid5Manager to start the Array Manager software. 3.6.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP Please refer to the chapter 4.
  • Page 78 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Right-click on My Computer icon and select Manage from the pop-up menu. Select Disk Management under Storage to view the disk drives. When Initialize Disk Wizard appears, select Disk 1 and GPT (GUID Partition Table), than click OK.
  • Page 79 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Windows Vista system supports GPT disk which supports disk volume greater than 2TB. Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select New Single Volume… from the pop- up menu.
  • Page 80 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Click Next> to create the partition. Specify the partition size you want to create, than click Next>.
  • Page 81 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Assign the drive letter or path you want to create, than click Next>. Click Format this partition with the following settings and Perform a quick format, setup the File system, Allocation unit size, Volume label, than click Next>.
  • Page 82 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual When the New Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish. The status of the newly created partition in the Disk Management window should change to Formatting and the percentage complete will be displayed. Depending upon the size of the partition, the format process may take several minutes.
  • Page 83 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Repeat the above procedure as needed for any other partitions. Close the Data Management window by clicking on the small boxed “X” in the top right corner of the window.

  • Page 84: Sata Raid5 Array Manager

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 4 SATA RAID5 ARRAY MANAGER 4.1 OVERVIEW The SATARAID5 Array Manager is the Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) which allows you to create and manage RAID volumes. The Manager initially shows two windows as seen below. The RAID Groups window identifies SATA host adapters and configured RAID groups.

  • Page 85: Creating Raid Groups

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System Throughout the Manager, different colors are used to indicate the status of the components. The meanings of the colors are: COLOR STATUS Green Good. The component and all subcomponents are okay. Yellow Warning.

  • Page 86: Concatenated Raid Groups

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System 4.2.2 CONCATENATED RAID GROUPS Concatenated RAID Groups allow the user to select different sized segments for each member of the volume. For Concatenated volumes only, a dialog box will appear allowing the user to select the individual segment sizes from each disk.

  • Page 87: Mirrored Raid Groups

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System 4.2.4 MIRRORED RAID GROUPS Mirrored RAID Groups allow the user to select 2 disks for each member of the volume. Enter the desired values and press Create to create the RAID Group (Example below). 4.2.5 MIRRORED STRIPED RAID GROUPS Mirrored Striped RAID Groups allow the user to select minimum of 4 disks for each member of the volume.

  • Page 88: Parity Raid Groups

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 4.2.6 PARITY RAID GROUPS Parity RAID Groups allow the user to select minimum of 3 or more disks for each member of the volume. Enter the desired values and press Create to create the RAID Group (Example below).

  • Page 89: Raid Groups Overview

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System 4.2.7 RAID GROUPS OVERVIEW RAID Groups allow Enter values in all fields and click Create to create the RAID Group. FIELD DEFINITION RAID Group Enter an identifiable name for the RAID group. This value can be any string (up to 8 Label characters including blank spaces) to help users identify this volume.
  • Page 90 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System Click the On or Off button to enable or disable the Check Pointing feature. When Check Pointing is enabled, restoring data is very fast after an unexpected power loss, although normal performance may be slightly reduced. When Check Pointing Check is disabled, normal performance is improved, but restores can take a long time to Pointing...

  • Page 91: Additional Menu Commands

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System 4.3 ADDITIONAL MENU COMMANDS The Main menu commands are shown below File Device Configuratio Create Spare n… Exit Delete Spare Delete Member Delete Orphan Make Pass- Thru Device Summary The commands are documented on the pages that follow. RSV-S4-X RAID Group Window...

  • Page 92: Configuration

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 4.3.1 CONFIGURATION SATARAID5 configuration options include customization of the settings for Log File, Popup, and Advanced Options. This command displays a dialog box to let user set different configurations for SATARAID5 with the following three tabs: Log File Tab The Log File tab allows you to define the location and name of the log file.
  • Page 93 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual name and location of the Log File. You can also use the Purge button to delete the contents of the Log File.
  • Page 94 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System Popup Tab SATARAID5 can be configured to notify the user of events using messages in popup windows. Use the slider control to set the event level for popups to occur: Information Level - The following events will trigger a popup window: Informational Warnings...
  • Page 95 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual...
  • Page 96 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System Advanced Options The Advanced Options tab is used to control advanced features of the RAID driver. By default, all these advanced options are disabled. The Advanced Options tab allows you to enable the following advanced features. FEATURE EXPLANATION When this feature is selected, Legacy Support menu will be available in...

  • Page 97: Exit

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System When this feature is selected and user selects to create RAID group, if the RAID group to be created is fault tolerance group (RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 10), user will be able to select Improper Shutdown Policy in the Create RAID Group dialog box.

  • Page 98: Create Spare

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System 4.3.3 CREATE SPARE This command displays a dialog box to let user create spare drive, user needs to select the following parameters: PARAMETER DESCRIPTION Choose one of: Spare Type • Global - If the spare drive is for all RAID groups in the system. •...

  • Page 99: Delete Member

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System 4.3.5 DELETE MEMBER This menu option displays a dialog box to select (highlight) RAID group members to delete. Because RAID 0 is not fault tolerant, RAID 0 members are not shown in the list. Note: Deleting members will demote the RAID group to a non-fault-tolerant RAID group.

  • Page 100: Make Pass-Thru

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RAID group. When a member of a RAID group fails in a severe manner (such as a loss of power or a complete hard disk failure), it becomes an orphan. This command displays the Delete Orphan Segment window to show all orphan segments and allow user to delete selected orphan segments.

  • Page 101: Create Raid Group

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System File Options Exit Sorting … Fields… Exit This command closes the Task Summary window. Sorting This command sorts the rows based on the selected field. Fields This command displays a dialog box to let user choose which fields will be shown in the Segment Summary window.

  • Page 102: Rebuild Raid Group

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 4.3.10 REBUILD RAID GROUP This command displays a dialog box to let user choose a replacement segment to rebuild a non-fault tolerant RAID group.

  • Page 103: Delete Raid Group

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System 4.3.11 DELETE RAID GROUP This command displays a dialog box to let user choose RAID groups to delete. 4.3.12 BRING RAID GROUP ONLINE This menu option is not available in this product. 4.3.13 RAID GROUP SUMMARY This command displays a dialog box to show all RAID groups’...
  • Page 104 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System The RAID Group Summary window has its own menu bar. All options available via the menu bar are shown below. File Options Exit Sorting … Fields… Exit This command closes the RAID Group Summary window. Sorting This command displays a dialog box to let user choose up to 3 items to sort RAID group items in the RAID Group list.

  • Page 105: Task Manager

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System 4.3.14 TASK MANAGER This command displays the Task Manager window. The Task Manager window lists all RAID and disk management tasks that have been started and/or done. This window provides user the ability to schedule any RAID and disk management operations including RAID group creation, rebuild, and test.
  • Page 106 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System Print… Exit Open This option will be available in future revisions. Save This option will be available in future revisions. Print This option will be available in future revisions. Exit This command closes the Task Summary window.
  • Page 107 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Modify This command allows user to modify parameters of the selected task items. The following is an example of changing rebuild priority for a rebuild task. Suspend This command allows user to suspend the selected task items.

  • Page 108: Event Log

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System This command displays a dialog box to let user delete the selected task items from the task list in Task Summary window. The following dialog box will pop up to get confirmation from the user.

  • Page 109: Resources

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System Fields This command displays a dialog box to let user choose which fields will be shown in the event log. 4.3.16 RESOURCES This command displays the Resource Information window. This feature is for debugging purpose only.

  • Page 110: Create Legacy Raid Group

    4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System The Event Log window has it’s own menu bar. All options available via the menu bar are shown below File Display Exit Suspend Alt+S Resume Alt+R Exit This command closes the Resources window. Suspend This command is to suspend the resources informantion.
  • Page 111 4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Thank you for purchasing a quality Rosewill Product. Please register your product at : www.rosewill.com for complete warranty information and future support for your product.

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