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How to create folders for the RAID drives
Create a folder for network data to be stored. By default, the GigaStor Control
Panel saves to a specific directory name on the RAID volumes, so make sure the
folder is available for each volume.
To create folders on your new RAID for the GigaStor appliance to save network
data to, do the following:
1.
Open
This PC
on the Windows desktop.
2. Navigate to the D: drive.
3. Create a new folder named Data .
Example: D:\Data
You now have folders for the GigaStor to save to. These folder names match the
names given at the factory and—unless you changed the save location—also
match the location saved in the Observer registry keys.
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Sensitive network traffic is stored on your GigaStor. You can permanently delete
this data before sending for maintenance-plan repairs or before decommissioning
an old GigaStor hardware unit.
Prerequisite(s):
These tasks require a hardware appliance GigaStor. These steps cannot be
followed for the GigaStor Software Edition.
In performing a full deletion of the data available on the GigaStor RAID, the
following steps should be completed in the following order across the GigaStor
Control Panel, Windows, and Areca RAID Controller.
Tip! These instructions are for a specific GigaStor model. See a full listing at
GigaStor (page 253) RAID Wiping and Rebuilding (page 253) .
1. Within the Observer application, delete the GigaStor saved data on the Active
Instance.
2. Within Windows, perform a disk format of the D: volume.
3. Within the Areca RAID Controller user interface, delete the existing RAID sets
and D: volume.
4. Within the Areca RAID Controller user interface, create new RAID sets for
immediate or future use.
5. Stripe the volumes using the Windows Disk Management tool.
6. Disable the Recycle Bin in Windows for each RAID volume.
7. Create new data folders for network storage on the RAID.
Completing the above operations will ensure that the previously captured data,
which was saved in the GigaStor RAID, is deleted in such a way that a future data
recovery operation would be nearly impossible.