Create A Raid - Thecus N0204 User Manual

Create a RAID

On the RAID Information screen, press the create button to go to the CREAT
RAID screen. In addition to RAID disk information and status, this screen lets you
make RAID configuration settings.
Using Create RAID, you can select stripe size, choose which disks are RAID disks or
the Spare Disk.
RAID Configurations
Item
Disk No.
Capacity (MB)
Model
Status
Used
Spare
Stripe Size
Data Percentage
Create
To create a RAID volume, follow the steps below:
1. On the RAID Information screen, click create.
2. On the RAID Configuration screen, set the RAID storage space as JBOD,
RAID 0, RAID 1— see Appendix C: RAID Basics for a detailed description
of each.
3. Specify a RAID ID.
4. Specify a stripe size — 64K is the default setting.
5. Specify the percentage allocated for user data by drag the horizontal bar.
6. Press Create to build the RAID storage volume.
Description
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.
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