User manual

BIOS CONFIGURATION
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Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System
ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L:Line Draw, X: Redraw
Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller
Main Menu
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Volume Set Function
Physical Drives
Raid System Function
Hdd Power Management
Ethernet Conguration
View System Events
Clear Event Buffer
Hardware Monitor
System Information
Raid Set Function
Raid Set Function
Create Raid Set
Delete Raid Set
Expand Raid Set
Activate Raid Set
Create Hot Spare
Delete Hot Spare
Raid Set Information
The Raid Set Information
Raid Set Name : Raid Set # 00
Member Disks : 4
Raid State : Normal
Total Capacity : 320.1GB
Free Capacity : 320.1GB
Min Member Disk Size : 80.0GB
Member Disk Channels : 1458
3.7.2.7 Raid Set Information
To display RAID set information, move the cursor bar to the de-
sired RAID set number, then press the Enter key. The “Raid Set
Information” will display. You can only view information for the
RAID set in this screen.
3.7.3 Volume Set Function
A volume set is seen by the host system as a single logical de-
vice; it is organized in a RAID level within the controller utiliz-
ing one or more physical disks. RAID level refers to the level of
data performance and protection of a volume set. A volume set
can consume all of the capacity or a portion of the available disk
capacity of a RAID set. Multiple volume sets can exist on a RAID
set. If multiple volume sets reside on a specied RAID set, all
volume sets will reside on all physical disks in the RAID set. Thus
each volume set on the RAID set will have its data spread evenly
across all the disks in the RAID set. This is with regards in having
more than one volume set using some of the available disks and
another volume set using other disks.