LaCie Professional Server
RAID - Four Disks
Technical Brief: RAID
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8.2. Adjusting the RAID
Administrators may change RAID configurations to suit the needs of
a business or after a server system recovery.
Launch Disk Management to view or change RAID configurations in
Windows Storage Server.
1. Click twice on the desktop shortcut
Server Manager
.
2. On the left side of the window, click once on the
+
sign to the
left of
Storage
.
3. Click once on
Disk Management
.
8.3. Creating the System Mirror
Please follow the steps in
7.3. 5big Storage Server Single Disk De-
fault Configuration
,
7.4. Boot Order and Creating the System Mirror
,
and
7.5. Creating the System Mirror
to create the System mirror.
Once the System mirror is created, return to section
8.4. Swap File
and Data: Mirror
to build the Swap and Data mirror.
8.4. Swap File and Data: Mirror
1. Launch Disk Management (
8.2. Adjusting the RAID
). You should
see four disks similar to
Fig. 83
. If you do not see Disks 1, 2
or 3, please go to
3. Removing and Installing Disks
for further
information on installing disks into the 5big enclosure. Please
make certain that the System volume has been mirrored before
continuing with the Swap volume.
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Fig. 83
IMPORTANT INFO:
Creating a RAID configuration using Disk
Management will require formatting the disk. Any media that may
be stored on the new hard drives (Disk 1, Disk 2, and Disk 3) will be
deleted. Please consider backing up the drives before creating the
System, Swap, and Data volumes.