Migrating A Logical Drive - G-Technology G Speed studio Product Manual

Migrating a Logical Drive

Migration means one or both of the following:
• Changing the RAID level of a logical drive
• Expanding the storage capacity of a logical drive
Before you begin a migration, examine your current disk array to determine whether:
• The physical drives in your array can support the target RAID level
• There is sufficient capacity to accommodate the target logical drive size
If you need to add physical drives to your array, be sure there are unassigned physical
drives installed in your RAID system before you begin migration. See RAID Levels and
RAID Level Migration.
To migrate a logical drive:
1. Click on the Background Activities icon. The list of background activities will appear.
2. Mouse-over Migrate, then click the Start button.
3. In the Select Disk Array drop-down menu, choose the source disk array.
4. In the Select Physical Drives diagram, click the drives you wish to add to your array.
The ID numbers of the chosen drives will appear in the field below the diagram.
5. Click the Next button.
6. Check the box next to the logical drive you want to modify.
7. From the drop-down menu, choose a target RAID level. The choice of RAID levels will
depend in part on the number of physical drives in the disk array. See the note below.
8. In the Capacity field, either accept the current capacity or check the Expand Capacity
box and enter a greater capacity in MB, GB or TB. If any capacity remains, you can create
an additional logical drive.
9. Click the Next button. The logical drive ID numbers, with their original and target RAID
levels and capacities, are shown.
10. To accept the proposed target values, click the Confirm button.
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