Technical information

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Installation, quick start
Create a RAID 0 volume
2a Click Create RAID 0 Volume.
2b Select drives you wish to include in the
RAID volume. To select multiple drives hold
the Shift key and click on the drives.
2c Set volume parameters. ATTO
ExpressRAID automatically creates
partitions based on the parameters you set.
2d Click OK.
Create a RAID 1 volume
2a ExpressWatch must be enabled/active
to build a volume in the background.
Note: Building a RAID group in the
background takes longer than in foreground,
especially when larger volumes are made.
2b Select multiple drives by holding the
Shift key and clicking on the drives to be
mirrored.
2c Click the Mirror button.
2d Create Mirror Volume window appears.
Select necessary options.
2e Click OK.
2f Quit ExpressRAID while volumes are
continuing to be built in the background.
Background equalization will continue until
complete.
Note: If you try to shut down the system while
building a volume in background, a screen
will warn that ExpressWatch will have to re
equalize drives upon start-up.
Create a RAID 1 volume with data on an
existing drive
1 Select the volume. The mirror button will
become available.
2 Click the Mirror button.
3 A list of available drives appears.
4 Select 1 or more drives to mirror data on.
5 Click OK.
6 Create Mirror Volume window appears.
Volumes will be listed as mirrored when the
process completes.
Note: Mirroring an existing drive can be done
in either the foreground or background.