4. Setting Up Your LaCie Biggest S1S
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LaCie Biggest S1S
User’s Manual
If you are resetting the RAID level after having used the LaCie Biggest S1S at another RAID level, the LaCie Biggest S1S will
display a warning on the LCD, asking if you are certain that you want to initialize the new RAID array. The initialization
process will erase any data on the disks.
The LCD Display of the LaCie Biggest S1S will issue a “Create New RAID” message. Press the
Enter
button to select
Yes
, or
press the
Menu
button to select
No
.
Important Info:
In the event that the power is interrupted during the initialization process, the LaCie Biggest S1S will
resume the initialization process from the point of interruption as soon as the power is restored.
Tech Note:
For a complete list of the LCD Display messages and Disk Status and Activity Indicators, please see
sections
5.1. Disk Status And Activity Indicators
and
5.2. LCD Display Messages
.
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Important Info:
All four of the Drive Bays should be locked in place in the LaCie Biggest S1S before the initialization
process. If the four Drive Bays are not installed correctly when the power is turned on, the alarm will sound and a
“RAID Fail” message will be displayed on the LCD, unless: a RAID 5 + Hot Spare level has been set and the bottom
three Drive Bays have disks installed. In this instance, the initialization of a RAID 5 array will begin.
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Important Info:
The initialization process is a time-intensive process and is dependent upon the size of the disks and
the RAID level being initialized. For example, four, 400GB disks in a RAID 5 array could take over two hours.
i
i
T
T
N
N
Tech Note:
The RAID capacity is determined by the RAID level and the capacity of the drives installed. For
more information, please see the following sections:
3.1. RAID 0
,
3.2. RAID 0 + 1
and
3.3. RAID 5 And RAID 5 +
Hot Spare
.
T
T
N
N
