Manual

52 MediaShield User’s Guide – Version 1.0

HAPTER 5

MediaShield RAID Frequently Asked Questions

Dedicated Disk Questions

•CanIassignaded icateddisktoastripedarray/JBODoruseafreediskwithstriped

array/JBOD?

No,freedisksanddedicateddiskscanbeonlyusedwithamirroredarray,striped‐

mirrorarray,oraRAID5array.

•OnceadedicateddiskhasbeenassignedtoaRAID1,

RAID0+1,orRAID5array,can

Iremoveit?

Yes,adedicateddiskcanberemovedfromaRAID1,RAID0+1,oraRAID5array.

Array Migrating Questions

•Isitpossibletomigrateasinglebootabledrivetoatwo‐diskstripearray?

Thatis,ifIhaveasingledriveinthesystemthatisnot RAIDenabled,thendecidetoadda

seconddrivetothesystem,willIthenbeabletomigratethesinglebootable

drivetoatwo‐disk

stripearray?

IfʺRAIDEnableʺintheBIOSRAIDConfigscreenisnotenabledwhentheOSis

installed,itisnotpossibletoconverttheSATAbootdriveintoamulti‐diskbootable

RAIDarray.

Therefore,ifyouwanttoretainthecapabilitytomigrate

asingleSATAbootdriveinto

amulti‐diskRAIDarrayatafuturetime,youmustperformtheOSinstallontoasingle

diskstripearray.Youcandothisbyfollowingtheinstructionsin“CreatingaBootable

Array”onpage 17andselectingʺRAIDModeʺstripingandthenadding

justyour

singlebootdisk.TheninstalltheOSusingtheF6installmechanismasdescribedin

Step3:InstalltheRAIDDrivers.

Later,whenyouwanttomigratethesinglediskintoamulti‐diskRAIDarray,follow

theinstructionsin“MigratinganArray”onpage 43 .

•CanIdeletean

arraywhileitisbeingmigrated?

Yes,butdoingsowilleraseallthedatastoredonthesoontobemigratedarray.

•CanImigrateabootableRAIDarray?

Yes,youcanmigratetoandfromanysupportedRAIDconfiguration.