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Using
Create
RAID
,
you can select stripe size, choose which disks are RAID disks
or the Spare Disk. .
RAID Configurations
Item
Description
Disk No.
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 a 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
RAID Information
screen, clicks create.
2.
On
the
RAID Configuration
screen, set the RAID storage space as
JBOD
,
RAID 0
,
RAID 1
,
RAID 5
,
RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID 50
or
RAID 60
(depend on
model)— see
Appendix B: RAID Basics
for a detailed description of each.