MY BOOK VELOCIRAPTOR DUO
USER MANUAL
MANAGING AND CUSTOMIZING THE DEVICE
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Managing the RAID Configuration
The initial/default configuration of your My Book VelociRaptor Duo device is as a striped
RAID 0 disk array for high-speed/maximum-storage performance. You can reconfigure
the device as either:
• A mirrored RAID 1 disk array for maximum-protection/reduced-storage
• JBOD individual drives that can be formatted differently for enhanced flexibility
Checking the Device Status
The WD Drive Utilities software provides a status indication of the device configuration
and each device drive.
To check the device status:
1.
Click
Go
>
Applications
>
WD Drive Utilities
to display the WD Drive Utilities screen
2.
If you have more than one supported storage device connected to your computer,
select the one that you want to check.
3.
Click
RAID Management
>
Status
to display the device status:
4.
The status display shows:
•
Current Configuration as either:
-
Stripe
-
Mirror
-
Individual Drives
•
RAID Status as either:
-
Online
-
Offline
-
Degraded
-
Failed
•
For RAID configurations, Drive A and Drive B Status as either:
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Online—The drive is online and available
-
Failed—The drive has failed
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Removed—The drive has been removed
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Standby—The drive is part of the RAID array but needs to be rebuilt
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Rebuilding—The drive is being rebuilt
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Unknown—The drive has some other undetermined status
