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3.2.2
Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability
1.
Press 'Enter' key to activate this item. An 'M' flash cursor appears at the 'Drive Select Menu' for the user to
choose the first (source) drive for RAID 1.
2.
Use 'Space' key to choose the desired drive for RAID 1. Then flash cursor changes to an 'm' flash cursor for
the user to choose the second (target) drive for RAID 1.
3.
The prompt 'Create RAID 1(Y/N)' appears after two drives are properly assigned.
Warning: It is recommended to use new drives to create RAID 1. If existing drive is to be used, backup all
necessary data before creating RAID 1.
4.
Press 'Y', and then some necessary information will be written to drives, which may destroy the original data in
the drives.
5.
Next, the Array Name input line appears for the user to key in a name for the newly created array. The
effective characters for an array name is '0'-'9', 'A'-'Z', 'a'-'z', space and underscore.
6.
Lastly a prompt message 'Duplicate Data from M to m (Y/N)?' asks whether to do drive copy. The source and
target drives are indicated by 'M' and 'm' in 'Drive Select Menu' respectively. Pressing 'Y' will duplicate the
data in source drive to the target drive. Make sure the source drive is the correct one. If you press 'N', then the
data is inconsistent in two drives.
Warning: Make sure the data in target drive is no longer in use before duplicating RAID 1 Array.
7.
After the RAID array has been created successfully, its information shows up at RAID Array List.
8.
The process status bar shows up during the duplication process.
Note: RAID 1 cannot be used for mixed parallel and serial ATA drives.
3.2.3
Create RAID 0+1 for Striping, Mirroring
This option is effective only for M5281 with all four Parallel ATA drives installed.
1.
Press 'Enter' key to activate this item. Four Parallel ATA drives are automatically selected.
2.
The prompt 'Data on first 4 drives will be deleted (Y/N)' appears.
3.
Press 'Y', and then some necessary information will be written to drives, which may destroy the original data in
the drives.
Warning: Make sure the data in drives is no longer in use before creating RAID Array.
4.
Next, the Array Name input line appears for the user to key in a name for the newly created array. The
effective characters for an array name is '0'-'9', 'A'-'Z', 'a'-'z', space and underscore.
5.
After the RAID array has been created successfully, its information shows up at RAID Array List.
3.2.4
Create JBOD for Integrated Capacity
1.
Press 'Enter' key to activate this item. A 'J' flash cursor appears at the 'Drive Select Menu' for the user to
choose the first drive for JBOD.
2.
Use 'Space' key to choose the desired drive for JBOD array. Use 'Enter' key to finish JBOD drive selection.
The maximum number of drives for JBOD array is four and the minimum is two.
3.
The prompt 'Create JBOD (Y/N)' appears.
4.
Press 'Y' key and then some necessary information will be written to drives, which may destroy the original
data in the drives.
Warning: Make sure the data in drives is no longer in use before creating RAID Array.
5.
Next the Array Name input line appears for the user to key in a name for the newly created array. The effective
characters for an array name is '0'-'9', 'A'-'Z', 'a'-'z', space and underscore.
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