HP Mv2120 - Media Vault Network Drive User Manual page 129

This indicates that the hard drive has been installed, but has not been
initialized.
To add a hard drive to total storage
At the computer, click Start, All Programs, HP Media Vault, and
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then Control Center.
On the Tools tab, click Customize HP Media Vault.
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You are prompted for an administrator name and password if you set one
up. For additional information, see
On the Disks tab, locate the internal disk you want to add.
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Click Add.
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Select an option for allocating the disk space.
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Caution: It is important to select the storage space allocation option with
care. Changing how the storage space is allocated later may require you to
transfer all of the files to a separate device and reformat the drives.
Allocate disk to make current storage mirrored (protects
current storage, RAID 1) - adds the internal drive as mirrored
storage space.
The type of mirroring supported on the Media Vault is called
Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) RAID- 1 .
In RAID- 1 mirroring, an identical copy of data written to one hard disk
is written to a second hard disk. Mirroring disks reduces your total
hard disk storage capacity by half. The advantage is that if one hard
disk fails, you have a copy of your data on the second hard disk.
Allocate disk to expand current storage (increases current
storage) - combines the available space from the system drive and
the internal hard drive to make one large logical disk. The drive space
is not mirrored. If a non-mirrored drive fails, the files stored on the
failed drive are lost. If a drive is removed from the HP Media Vault, the
system is not operational until the drive is replaced.
Click Accept.
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Editing System Settings on page 2-26.
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