Thecus N2810 Series, User Manual

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Create a RAID
On the RAID Information screen, press the Create button to go to the RAID
Volume Creation screen. In addition to RAID disk information and status, this
screen lets you make RAID configuration settings.
Using Create RAID , you can select stripe size, choose which disks are RAID disks
or the Spare Disk. .
RAID Configurations
Item Description
Disk . Number assigned to the installed hard disks.
Capacity (MB) Capacity of the installed hard disks.
Model Model number of the installed hard disks.
Status Status of the installed hard disks.
Used If this is checked, current hard disk is aalready part of a RAID
volume.
Spare If this is checked, current hard disk is designated as a spare for a
RAID volume.
Master RAID Check a box to designate this as the Master RAID volume. See the
NOTE below for more information.
Stripe Size This sets the stripe size to maximize performance of sequential
files in a storage volume. Keep the 64K setting unless you require
a special file storage layout in the storage volume. A larger stripe
size is better for large files.
Data Percentage The percentage of the RAID volume that will be used to store
data.
Create Press this button to configure a file system and create the RAID
storage volume.
To create a RAID volume, follow the steps below:
1. On the Select Disk screen, select available disks for the RAID volume
member(s).