Creating A Raid Array - Linksys NSS4000 Series Administrator's Manual

Creating a RAID Array

After you install the physical disks, you can create the RAID arrays. Before you create a RAID array,
either for the first time, or when you are rebuilding it as a result of failed disks in the array, it is a
good idea to set the Rebuild Priority
want to allocate the system resources for the rebuild.
When adding disks to an array, we recommend you use the same model of disk with
NOTE:
the same capacity. With the exception of a JBOD, RAIDs are configured to use the
maximum of the smallest disk capacity in the array for each additional disk in the
array. For example, if you install two, 250 GB disks and one 500 GB disk in a
RAID0 array, the total capacity is only 750 GB.
To create an array:
1. From the Manager Menu, click Storage
The RAID page appears:
2. The available disks appear in the New RAID Device table. Select each disk that you want to
include in the array.
3. From the RAID Level drop-down menu, click the RAID level of the RAID array you want to create.
4. Click Add.
The RAID creation can take some time to complete (depending on the size of the disks and the
selected RAID level). When the build is finished, the array appears in the RAID Arrays table. The
disks used in the array are no longer available for creating additional arrays.
Chapter 4: Storage
Creating a RAID Array
Network Storage System (NSS) Administrator Guide
(see Setting the RAID Rebuild
RAID.
Chapter
Priority) to determine how you
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