Phalanx II NAS
User Manual
Phalanx II User Manual 7 Rev. B May 2019
2.
Create a File System (FS) on the RAID set.
3.
Mount the File System.
4.
Create a Share (shared folder) on the FS.
5.
Assign user permissions to the Share.
6.
Enable a file transfer Network Protocol.
7.
Assign the Share to a Network Protocol (NFS/CIFS).
WARNING:
Do not unmount, delete, or in any way modify “/dev/sdc”. This is the
systems OS drive. Any changes to this system device can render the NAS inoperable.
Note: After each configuration change, apply the changes via the yellow banner at the
top of the information window before making further modifications.
1. Create a RAID Set
A RAID set is a group of disk drives that are logically connected together to allow for
greater capacity and/or redundancy than an individual disk drive. The Phalanx II
supports two levels of RAID:
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RAID0 - combines the capacity of two disk drives together to create one,
larger, disk. Provides a fast storage pool, but is not redundant. If one disk
fails, all data is lost.
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RAID1 – Mirrors two disks so that if one disk fails, all data is still
persevered. Only has the capacity of one of the two disks. Enhanced read
performance to multiple clients.
To create a RAID set with the two data drives installed in the Phalanx II, select the
“RAID Management” tool under “Storage” on the left side of the GUI.
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Once in the RAID Management window, select the “Create” button. This
will open a new window that will allow the user to assign a name to the
RAID set, select the RAID level, and assign the storage devices to be
used.
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Assign a name to the RAID set.
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Select the RAID level from the pull down menu. Select either Stripe
(RAID0) or Mirror (RAID1). Other RAID levels are either not supported
due to the number of drives installed in the Phalanx II, or are not
recommended.
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Select the checkboxes next to the two drives (/dev/sda and /dev/sdb) that
are displayed to use the drives in the RAID set.
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Select “Create” and wait for RAID set to complete building before
continuing on to creating a file system on the RAID set. When the RAID
set is done building, a new storage device will be presented to the NAS
