Managing Disk Arrays - Asus DS300j G2 Series User Manual

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For disk array troubleshooting, see "Disk Array and Logical Drive Problems" on page <?>.
Disk array management includes:
• "Viewing a List of Disk Arrays" on page 91
• "Creating a Disk Array Manually" on page 92
• "Creating a Disk Array with the Wizard" on page 92
• "Deleting a Disk Array" on page 93
• "Making Disk Array Settings" on page 93
• "Running PDM on a Disk Array" on page 94
• "Preparing a Disk Array for Transport" on page 95
• "Rebuilding a Disk Array" on page 95
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To view a list of disk arrays:
1. Click the Storage tab.
2. Click the Disk Array icon.
The list of disk arrays appears.
Disk array information includes:
• ID – DA0, DA1, DA2, etc.
• Alias – If assigned
• Status – A green check icon means OK
• Capacity – Data capacity of the array
• Free Capacity – Unconfigured or unused capacity on the physical drives
• Media Patrol – Enabled or disabled on this array
• No. of Logical Drives – The number of logical drives on this array
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To view disk array information:
1. Click the Storage tab.
2. Click the Disk Array icon.
The list of disk arrays appears.
3. Click the disk array you want, then click the View button.
Array information displays, including:
• ID – DA0, DA1, DA2, etc.
• Alias – If assigned
• Operational Status – OK is normal
• Media Patrol – Enabled or disabled on this array
• PDM – Enabled or disabled on this array
• Total Physical Capacity – Data capacity of the array
• Configurable Capacity – Maximum usable capacity of the array
• Free Capacity –Unconfigured or unused capacity on the physical drives
• Max Contiguous Free Capacity - The largest contiguous free capacity available.
• Current Power Saving Level - Default is disabled
• Number of Physical Drives – The number of physical drives in this array
• Number of Logical Drives – The number of logical drives on this array
• Max Contiguous Free Capacity – Unconfigured or unused
capacity in contiguous sectors on the physical drives
• Available RAID Levels – RAID levels you can specify on this array
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