Raid Settings; Creating A Raid - Thecus N5200B, N5200BR User Manual

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RAID Settings

Using RAID Settings, you can select stripe size, choose which disks are RAID
disks or the Spare Disk, as well as enter a name for each disk.
RAID Settings
Item
RAID
Disk No.
Capacity (MB)
Model
Status
Member
Spare
Stripe Size
Used Percentage
Apply
Remove
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Migration

Creating a RAID

To create a RAID volume, follow the steps below:
1. On the RAID List screen, click New.
2. On the RAID Configuration screen, set the RAID storage space as JBOD,
RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, or RAID 10 — see
RAID Basics
3. Tick the checkboxes under the "member" heading of the hard disks you
wish to use to create a RAID.
4. Specify a stripe size — 64K is the default setting.
5. Specify the percentage allocated for user data. The remaining space will
be made available for target USB.
6. Press Apply to build the RAID storage volume.
failed disks.
If the administrator improperly removes a hard disk that should not be
removed when RAID status is Degraded, all data will be lost.
Description
Check the boxes of the hard drives you wish to add to the
storage volume.
Number assigned to the installed hard disks.
Capacity of the installed hard disks.
Model number of the installed hard disks.
Status of the installed hard disks.
If this is checked, current hard disk is a part of a RAID volume.
If this is checked, current hard disk is designated as a spare for
a RAID volume.
This sets the stripe size to maximize performance of sequential
files in a storage volume. Keep the 64K setting unless you
require a special file storage layout in the storage volume. A
larger stripe size is better for large files.
The percentage of the RAID volume that will be used to store
data.
Press this button to configure a file system and create the RAID
storage volume.
Click to remove the RAID volume. All user data, iSCSI, and
Target USB data will be removed.
Press this button to exit without saving changes.
Press this button to configure a file system and create the RAID
storage volume.
Press this button to migrate RAID level.
for a detailed description of each.
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