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RAID Information
Item
Master RAID
ID
RAID Level
Status
Disks Used
Total Capacity
Data Capacity
• Create a RAID
On the RAID Information screen, press the Create button to go to the RAID Volume Creation screen.
In addition to RAID disk information and status, this screen lets you make RAID configuration set-
tings.
Using Create RAID, you can select stripe size, choose which disks are RAID disks or the Spare Disk. .
RAID Configurations
Item Description
Disk No. Number assigned to the installed hard disks.
Capacity (MB) Capacity of the installed hard disks.
Model Model number of the installed hard disks.
Status Status of the installed hard disks.
Used If this is checked, current hard disk is aalready part of a RAID volume.
Spare If this is checked, current hard disk is designated as a spare for a RAID volume.
Master RAID Check a box to designate this as the Master RAID volume. See the
Stripe Size 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.
Data Percentage The percentage of the RAID volume that will be used to store data.
Create Press this button to configure a file system and create the RAID storage volume.
To create a RAID volume, follow the steps below:
1. On the RAID Information screen, clicks create.
2. On the RAID Configuration screen, set the RAID storage space as JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5,
RAID 6 or RAID 10 (depends on model)� see Appendix B: RAID Basics for a detailed descrip- or RAID 10 (depends on model)� see Appendix B: RAID Basics for a detailed descrip-
tion of each.
Description
The RAID volume currently designated as the Master RAID volume.
ID of the current RAID volume.
NOTE: All RAID IDs must be unique.
Shows the current RAID configuration.
Indicates status of the RAID. Can read either Healthy, Degraded, or Damaged.
Hard disks used to form the current RAID volume.
Total capacity of the current RAID.
Indicates the used capacity and total capacity used by user data.
(depends on model)� see Appendix B: RAID Basics for a detailed descrip- (depends on model)� see Appendix B: RAID Basics for a detailed descrip- s on model)� see Appendix B: RAID Basics for a detailed descrip- on model)� see Appendix B: RAID Basics for a detailed descrip- � see Appendix B: RAID Basics for a detailed descrip-
NOTE below for more information.
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