Global American 3307880, User Manual

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mixing PATA and SATA disk drives in a RAID 0 array.
2. Always use disk drives of the same capacity to create a RAID array. The
excessive capacity of a larger disk drive cannot be utilized because data
stripes are equally distributed across all members of a RAID array.
D.4.2 Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability
WARNING!
All data previously stored on the member drives of a RAID configuration is
destroyed during the RAID initialization process. If “used” drives are used to
create a RAID array, make sure the data has been moved or backed up
before creating a RAID array out of the disk drives.
Step 1: Select “Create RAID 1 Striping for Reliability”. Use the arrow keys to highlight
Create RAID 1 Striping for Reliability and press E
NTER
. A flashing ‘S’ appears on
the Drive Menu where the member drives to be included in the RAID 0 array can
be chosen.
Step 2: Select RAID array drive members. Use the space bar to select members of the
RAID array. The flashing cursor changes to a lower case ‘s’ once any of the
connected disk drives has been selected. Follow the same method to select
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