Using A Hot Spare - Buffalo TeraStation 5000 User Manual

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Chapter 4 Storage Management
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Pull out the drive cartridge and remove it from the TeraStation.
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Insert the new drive into the empty slot. Slide the drive in with the locking mechanism open.
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Swing the lock back down until it clicks into place.
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Close the front cover.
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When the replaced drive is recognized, the status LED will flash red and the I32 message will appear on the
LCD panel.
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From Settings, navigate to Drives > RAID.
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Click the RAID array that held the failed drive and click Delete RAID Array.
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The "Confirm Operation" screen will open. Enter the confirmation number, then click OK.
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From Storage > Drives, select the replaced drive and click Format Disk.
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The "Confirm Operation" screen will open. Enter the confirmation number, then click OK.
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From Drives > RAID, choose "RAID 0" from the RAID mode drop-down list and click Create RAID Array.
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The "Confirm Operation" screen will open. Enter the confirmation number, then click OK.
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Click OK when completed.
The new RAID 0 array will be created. Next, create a shared folder by referring to the
section in chapter 3.

Using a Hot Spare

If your TeraStation's drives are in a redundant RAID mode and you have a hot spare enabled, a malfunctioning drive
in the array is replaced with a hot spare and the RAID array is rebuilt automatically. The status LED will continue to
glow red for the failed drive even after the RAID array is rebuilt with the hot spare. After you replace the failed drive
with a new drive, follow the procedure below to configure a hot spare as a new drive. This section describes the
replacement process for a drive while
1
Open the front cover with the included key.
2
The failed drive's status LED will be glowing red. Push its unlock button and swing the lock mechanism out.
3
Pull out the drive cartridge and remove it from the TeraStation.
4
Insert the new drive into the empty slot. Slide the drive in with the locking mechanism open.
5
Swing the lock back down until it clicks into place.
6
Close the front cover.
7
When the replaced drive is recognized, the status LED will flash red and the I31 message will appear on the
LCD panel.
the TeraStation is still
on.
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"Adding a Shared Folder"

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