Accordance Systems araid M300, User Manual

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Start An Installation with
Two or One Drive(s)
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Step 1: Install with two or one drive(s)
Method 1: Start from installing “Two drives”
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Step 2A: Formatting ARAID M300 / MS300 if you start with “two drives”
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These two drives are usually brand new. Or otherwise their contents could be totally
or slightly different. You would need to partition and format ARAID M300 / MS300 to
synchronize the two drives in order to use them.
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The two drives will remain same contents thereafter.
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Step 2B: Duplicating a mirrored drive if you start with “one existing source drive”
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While the PC and ARAID M300 / MS300 are operating, insert a second drive in the
lower bay. Disk rebuild will automatically start in about one minute. Rebuilding
progress is reported in percentage on LCD.
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Once the disk rebuild is completed, two drives will be identical and will stay in
synchronization.
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Put two brand new drives into both upper and lower bays while ARAID power is off.
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The specifications of these two drives must be identical or in same brand/series.
Mixing SATA II (3G) with SATA I (1.5G) drives is disallowed to prevent
discrepancy problems.
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Using two identical capacity (same LBA and same Sector count) drives is always
recommended.
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If these two drives’ capacities are different, place the smaller capacity drive in the
upper bay and the larger one in the lower bay.
Method 2: Start from installing “one SOURCE drive”
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Put one drive into upper bay while ARAID power is off.
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Western Digital Compatibility Drives
Accordance recommends use either Enterprise or other series (except Caviar
series) of WD hard drives. Caviar Series (Black, Green and Blue) hard drives are not
recommended for using with RAID Environment by Western Digital.
http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1397
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Please contact with Accordance for other brands' hard drives compatibility if needed.