Chapter
3
RAID
Setting
Guide
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3.3.6 Synchronize/Validate/Verify Mirror Array
Synchronize Mirror
After the completion of creating mirror array, the data on the source disk has
not been copied to the mirror disk. The data on the source disk and the mirror
disk do not keep identical yet. The user should synchronize mirror, by which
the data on the source disk will be fully copied to the mirror disk. Thus the data
on the disks in the mirror array become identical.
Once the creation of the mirror array is finished, the user will be asked whether to
synchronize mirror at once or not. Select
Yes
to begin the synchronize operation
or
No
to skip.
The status of the mirror array will remain locked if
No
selected to skip the
synchronize operation. The user may at any time synchronize mirror which is
in either locked status or normal status. The detailed steps to synchronize
mirror are as follows:
1.
Right-click the mirror array to be synchronized.
2. Select
Synchronize Mirror
item from the popup menu.
The mirror array being synchronized is labeled at locked status. By selecting
this disk array, the user can see the progress of synchronizing mirror.
