User Manual
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Using RAID Modes
Supported RAID Modes
G-RAIDispreconguredinRAID0(Performance)mode,forusewithMacOSsystems.
ThedrivecanalsobeconguredinRAID1(Protected)modeorJBODmode.Thefollowingtable
explainstheadvantagesanddisadvantagesforeachRAIDlevel.
TochangetheRAIDmodeofG-RAIDUSB,followthestepsinCongure the RAID Mode.
RAID0(Performance)
G-RAIDUSBshipsinRAID0(Performance)mode.ThisRAIDmodeisidealformaximizingyour
throughputwhenvideoediting.InRAID0mode,thedrivesarecombinedanddataissplit
betweenthetwodrivesforincreasedperformance.
Using RAID Modes
• SupportedRAIDModes......................................................... p.17
• TheRAIDCongurationUtilityforMac............................ p.18
• ConguretheRAIDModeforMac..................................... p.19
• RAID1DegradedModeandRebuildforMac................ p.22
• TheRAIDCongurationUtilityforWindows.................. p.23
• ConguretheRAIDModeforWindows........................... p.24
• RAID1DegradedModeandRebuildforWindows...... p.27
RAID0
RAID1
JBOD
Highestread/write
performance.
Storagecapacityis
100%utilized.
Completedata
protectionincaseof
asingledrivefailure.
Storagecapacityis
100%utilized.Partial
dataprotectionifa
singledrivefails.
RAIDLevel Advantage
Disk
Striping
Disk
mirroring
Disksnot
RAIDed
Description
Disadvantage
IdealFor
Nofaulttolerance.
Singledrivefailure
willresultin
completedataloss.
Read/write
performanceis
reducedtohalfof
RAID0performance.
Read/write
performanceis
reducedtohalfof
RAID0performance.
Higheststorage
capacityutilizationand
highestperformance.
Sensitivedata,
whichrequires
constantbackingup.
Highperformance
notrequired.
Higheststoragecapacity
utilizationwhenpartial
datalossisacceptable.