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Initializing, Rebuilding, and Synchronizing RAID Arrays
Synchronizing a RAID Array
Synchronizing an array will force a rebuild of redundancy or parity. The operation is
applicable to any fault tolerant array such as RAID 1, 0+1 and RAID 5.
• For RAID1 and RAID 0+1, “sync” results in copying the data to the redundancy disk,
• For RAID 5, “sync” results in rebuilding the parity
To sync an array, do the following (This example assumes you have already created a
fault tolerant array such as RAID 1):
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Right click on “Mirroring” and select
Synchronize Array
as shown in
.
Figure 4.15
Array Pop-up Menu
The Synchronize Array Wizard Welcome screen appears.
Summary of Contents for ForceWare
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