Media Patrol; Changing Media Patrol Settings; Redundancy Check - G-Technology G SPEED STUDIO XL Product Manual

Configuring G-SPEED Studio XL
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Media Patrol

Media Patrol is a routine maintenance procedure that checks the magnetic media on each disk
drive. Media Patrol checks are enabled by default on all disk arrays and spare drives. Media Patrol
is concerned with the media itself, not the data recorded on the media. If Media Patrol encounters
a critical error, it triggers Predictive Data Migration (PDM) if PDM is enabled on the disk array. See
Making Disk Array Settings.

Changing Media Patrol Settings

To change Media Patrol settings:
1. Click on the Background Activities icon.
2. Click the Settings button.
3. Check the Enable Media Patrol box to enable the feature; uncheck the box to disable it. This
setting enables or disables Media Patrol for all physical drives.
4. Click the Confirm button.
5. Click the X icon to close the background activities panel.

Redundancy Check

Redundancy Check is a routine maintenance procedure for fault-tolerant disk arrays (those with
redundancy) that ensures the redundant copies of data still match the original source data.
Redundancy Check can also correct inconsistencies.
See Redundancy Check on a Logical Drive
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