Mount The Array; Share The Volume - LaCie 12big Rack Storage Server Quick Install Manual

c. For each array to create, click the
Figure 16 - Create Drive Group
3. When all arrays have been created, click Next.
4. In the Virtual Disk Properties
lows in order to achieve best performance:
a. RAID level: RAID 6 for the best protection and RAID 5 for the
best protection/cost-per-TB ratio).
b. Initialization state: Full initialization
c. Stripe size: 256KB minimum
d. Read policy: Always Read Ahead
e. Write policy: Always write back
f. I/O policy: Direct IO
g. Access policy: Read Write
h. Disk cache policy: Enabled
i. Click Create Virtual Drive
Settings might be modified using
Figure 17 - Advance Settings
LaCie Quick Install Guide
Create Array Group button.
screen, modify default settings as fol-
for each one you want to create.
Update Virtual Drive button.
5. Click Next when finished.
6. Review the configuration shown in the
dow. If you want to change something, click
configuration parameters. Otherwise, click
figuration and start the initialization process (unless you selected
Initialization above).

4.4. Mount the Array

1. To access your drive configuration, launch
the Windows Start Menu and select
Figure 18 - Windows Storage Management
2. The Initialize Disk window should appear. If not, right-click the de-
sired disk and select Initialize
3. Select GPT if your volume is greater than 2TB (GUID Partition Table)
and click OK.
4. Right-click on the desired disk and select
5. When formatting is completed, the disk should appear as Healthy.
The logical volume is now mounted and should appear in your Windows
Explorer.

4.5. Share the volume

If you need assistance to configure SMB and NFS shares, please refer to
associated technical paper available on the LaCie website and on product
CD:
http://www.lacie.com/download/more/Tech_Briefs/TB_Shared_
Folders_en.pdf
12big Rack Storage Server is delivered with pre installed Extreme Z-IP
to allow Mac compatibility and Time Machine backup configuration. For
more details, please refer to documentation available on product CD or
in Start Menu > Programs > Extreme
Virtual Disk Summary
Back and change the
Finish to accept the con-
Server Manager from
Storage > Disk Management.
Disk.
New simple volume.
Z-IP.
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