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2.4.1
Main Menu
In Main Menu, you have the following options to operate RAID:
Create RAID 0 Stripe x2 for Performance
1. Press 'Enter' key to activate this item. An 'S' flashing cursor appears at
the Drive Select Menu for the user to choose the first drive for RAID 0.
2. Use 'Space' key to choose the desired drive for RAID 0. Then the flash
cursor changes to an 's' flashing cursor for the user to choose the
second drive for RAID 0.
3. The prompt 'Data on RAID Drives will be deleted (Y/N)' appears after
two drives are properly assigned.
4. Press 'Y', and then the necessary information will be written to the
drives, which will 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. After the RAID array has been created successfully, its information
shows up at RAID Array List.
Create RAID 0 Stripe x4 for Performance
1. Press 'Enter' key to activate this item.
2. The prompt 'Data on first 4 drives will be deleted (Y/N)' appears.
3. Press 'Y', and then the necessary information will be written to the
drives, which will destroy the original data in the drives.
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.
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.
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