CyberBank G 3.5” SATA Giga LAN Disk Enclosure
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Bind
The
NDAS Bind Management
offers three selections to bind:
Aggregation, Stripe (RAID0)
and Mirror (RAID1)
. These three ways are described as below:
Aggregation
o
Allow 2 to 8 disks to aggregate as one large disk.
o
Extremely useful when a larger storage device is needed.
o
No fault tolerance. If one unit fails, all data is lost.
Stripe (RAID0)
o
Allow 2, 4, or 8 disks to be recognized as a single large disk drive.
o
Extremely useful when a larger storage device is needed.
o
No fault tolerance. If one unit fails, all data is lost.
o
Type of
Aggregation
method used for faster performance while writing to
NDAS devices.
Mirror (RAID1)
o
Allow 2 NDAS device units to be mirrored at the same time.
o
Fault tolerant. If one unit fails, data is retrieved from other units.
o
When the NDAS devices that have been aggregated, the one can be also use
the
Mirror
.
Requirements for Bind
Before binding, you must connect at least two or more devices to the LAN disk
enclosure.
Each NDAS device must enter a
Write Key
when registering a new device.
The bound NDAS devices must be formatted.
Cannot bind the bound NDAS devices.
The NDAS devices of all PCs must be dismounted and in
Online
mode before
binding.
Other users can mount the bound NDAS devices once binding is completed.
Note:
The
Aggregation/
Stripe (
RAID0
)
/
Mirror (RAID1)
can only be performed in Windows XP/
2000/ Vista.