Acer AcerAltos 3102RS, User Manual

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This results in a new 4-Gigabyte, RAID 5 logical drive composed of
three physical drives. The 4 Gigabytes of increased capacity is in a
new partition.
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The increased capacity from Mode 1 Expansion
of a logical drive will be a new partition.
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At the time of this printing, Firmware version 2.11
does not support the "Copy and Replace"
function that is required for Mode 2 Expansion.
Third-party hard disk utilities may be used for
Mode 2 Expansion of logical drives. Later
versions of the firmware will support "Copy and
Replace."
Example: RAID Expansion in Windows NT Server
Limitations When Using Windows NT 4.0
1. Only the Windows NT Server Disk Administrator includes the
Extend Volume Set function; Windows NT Workstation does not
have this feature.
2. The system drive (boot drive) of a Windows NT system cannot be
extended.
3. The drive that will be extended should be using the NTFS file
system.
The Example:
The following example demonstrates the expansion of a 900MB RAID
0 logical drive. The Hyper Terminal emulation software that comes
with Windows 95/NT is used to connect to the RAID controller via RS-
232.