9000 R Series IP Recorder with RAID Installation Guide
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Feature Overview
Hard Drive Error LED Status
When the recorder is operating, the hard drive error LED has the following states:
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Off
Drive is functioning normally.
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On solid (red)
Problem with the drive.
Use the Administrator Console or Command Client software application to review the health
alert and determine a possible resolution. For more information, see the
Administrator Console
User Manual
or
Command Enterprise and Client User Guide
, available from the March Networks
Partner Portal website.
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Flashing
All hard drives flash while RAID is rebuilding, until the rebuild is complete and stable.
Hard Drive Array - Important Considerations
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If you have to replace a hard drive in the array, ensure that the replacement hard drive is either
a brand new drive or has been pre-formatted to clear any other data from it. The RAID array
will not rebuild if the replacement disk already contains data.
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Do not place a RAID formatted hard drive into a non-RAID recorder or a non-RAID investigation
station. You will lose all the data on the RAID hard drive.
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The 9000 R Series IP recorder with RAID is available with various hard drive capacities, but each
of the drives in one recorder must be the same capacity to support RAID.
Note:
You cannot rebuild the RAID by replacing a hard drive with a smaller size hard drive. For
example, in a RAID configuration with four 12 TB hard drives, you cannot replace one of the
drives with an 10 TB hard drive.
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If a health alert informs you that a RAID hard drive has failed for any reason, replace or fix the
hard drive as soon as possible to avoid losing any data. The RAID configuration requires all
four, six, or eight hard drives, and if more than one drive fails, you can lose all data. RAID Health
alerts are monitored using the Administrator Console software.
For more information on health alerts, see the Administrator Console User Manual, available
from the March Networks Partner Portal website.
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Do not attempt to replace more than one hard drive at a time, unless your recorder has RAID 6
(which supports replacement of 2 failed drives at a time). Without RAID 6, attempting to replace
more than one drive at a time can produce unpredicted results and may cause data loss.
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Do not switch drives in the array to different slots, even when replacing a failed drive. This can
produce unpredicted results and may cause data loss.
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Do not interrupt the recorder while RAID is in the process of rebuilding. For example, do not
attempt to upgrade the recorder or place the recorder in investigation mode while RAID is
rebuilding. Wait until the rebuild has successfully completed and RAID is back online.
Hard drive error
LED (red)
