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4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Content 1 WELCOME....................................................................................................................6 1.1 PRECAUTION ................................................................................................................................................6 1.2 FEATURES ................................................................................................................................
Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 3.3.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY ............................................................................................................................................ 21 3.3.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP......................................................................................................................................................... 25 3.3.4 ALLOCATING PARTITION ..................................................
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 4.3.7 MAKE PASS-THRU ................................................................................................................................................................... 100 4.3.8 DEVICE SUMMARY................................................................................................................................................................... 100 4.3.9 CREATE RAID GROUP........................................
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 1 WELCOME RSV-S4-X enhances your data storage by combining advanced RAID1 features typically seen on high-end data systems with low cost/high capacity Serial ATA drives. By using industry standard SATA drives and Silicon Image Host Bus Adapters, you can achieve extraordinarily low costs while remaining assured that your data is protected against hardware failure. 1.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 1.2 FEATURES 1.2.1 DATA SECURITY The RSV-S4-X software driver includes support for monitoring to predict suspect drives. RSV-S4-X provides our highest commitment to data security through the use of RAID architecture to back up and protect data. RAID levels 1, 10, and 5 provide data security.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 1.4 SPECIFICATIONS z A single eSATA host port to 4 SATA 3.5-inch hard disks, with tool-less screws & door cover. z Power and host status LED, and devices status and activity LED. z Metal chassis (SECC) and plastic panel frame (ABS) design. z 135 (W) x 180 (H) x 255 (D) mm, NW: 2.7 Kgs, GW: 3.1Kgs. z Design based on the Silicon Image SiI3726 Port-Multiplier with SiI3132R5 PCI-Express 1X HBA.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 1.6 PRODUCT CONTENTS The following parts are content.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 2 INTRODUCTION TO RAID 2.1 RAID VOLUMES RAID technology allows one or more disks to be combined into a logical volume which provides greater performance and/or protection than standard disk drives. These volumes, also known as RAID Groups, appear like regular disk drives to the operating system and can be partitioned, formatted and used just like any other normal disk. The complexity of the RAID is hidden within the driver.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual high security volume, the greem section is the middle security volume and the light blue shows the unprotected area. Figure 1: Dividing Disks into Members 2.3 RAID LEVELS 2.3.1 DISK STRIPING (RAID 0) Striping is a performance-oriented, non-redundant data mapping technique. While Striping is discussed as a RAID Group type, it is does not provide any fault tolerance.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 2.3.2 DISK MIRRORING (RAID 1) Disk mirroring creates an identical twin for a selected disk by having the data simultaneously written to two disks. This redundancy provides instantaneous protection from a single disk failure. If a read failure occurs on one drive, the system reads the data from the other drive.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 2.3.4 PARITY RAID (RAID 5) Parity or RAID 5 adds fault tolerance to Disk Striping by including parity information with the data. Parity RAID dedicates the equivalent of one disk for storing parity stripes. The data and parity information is arranged on the disk array so that parity is written to different disks. There are at least 3 members to a Parity RAID set.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 2.3.6 SINGLE DRIVE / SEGMENT The single drive is a virtual disk that can either be an entire disk drive or a segment of a single disk drive. Single drive is the “Contiguous” configuration option when creating RAID Groups (or sets) in the SATARAID5 software. 2.4 RAID VOLUME STATUS A RAID volume can be in any one of the following statuses. STATUS MEANING Good All disks are currently functioning as normal.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 3 INSTALLATION 3.1 COMPONENTS There are three separate steps that must be install or setup for RSV-S4-X to function. These components are the HARDWARE, SATA RAID5 HBA DRIVER, and SATARAID5 Utility. The steps on how to setup these packages is described in the following sections. 3.2 INSTALLING HARDWARE Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the installation. z Turn off your host computer.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual z Insert the Setup and Installation Repository CD in the CD-ROM drive. z When start the Windows O/S, new hardware will be found, click Next>. z Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended), than click Next>. z Select Specify a location, than click Next>.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual z Click Browse… to select to driver path, than click OK. z Click Next> to install the Silicon Image Sil3132 SoftRaid 5 Controller driver. z Click Yes to pass the Microsoft digital signature and continue the installation.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X z User Manual When the Silicon Image Sil3132 SoftRaid 5 Controller installation has completed, click Finish, and begin to the Silicon Image’s Pseudo Processor Device driver installation. z Windows will find the Silicon Image’s Pseudo Processor Device hardware, click Next>.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual z Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended), than click Next>. z Select Specify a location, than click Next>.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual z Click Browse… to select to driver path, than click OK. z Click Next> to install the Silicon Image’s Pseudo Processor Device driver. z When the Silicon Image’s Pseudo Processor Device installation has completed, click Finish.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 3.3.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the installation. z Open the Setup and Installation Repository CD and select the SATARAID5 Array Manager software from the Utility folder. z Double-click the 3132-W-I32-R.exe file. z Click Next> to begin setup. z Select I Agree, than click Next>.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual z Select Place shortcut on Desktop, than click Next> to create a shortcut on the desktop. z Click Next> to use the default installation folder.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X z Click Next> to begin the installation. z When SATARAID5 installation has completed, click Close to exit.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X z User Manual Select I agree the terms in the license agreement, than click Next> to begin the Java platform installation. z Select Typical, than click Next>. z When Java platform installation has completed, click Finish to exit.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X z User Manual Select Start > Programs > Silicon Image > SATARaid5Manager to start the Array Manager software. 3.3.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP Please refer to the chapter 4. 3.3.4 ALLOCATING PARTITION Before creating any partitions, RAID groups must first be created using the SATARaid5Manager utility. Once the sets have been created, allow the system to load Windows. z Right-click on My Computer icon and select Manage from the pop-up menu.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X z Select Disk Management under Storage to view the disk drives. z When Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard appears, click Next>.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X z Select the new disk to write a signature, than click Next>. z Do not click any disk to upgrade to dynamic disk, than click Next>.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual z When the Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard has completed, click Finish. z Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select Create Partition… from the pop-up menu. z Click Next> to create a partition on a basic disk.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X z Select the partition type you want to create, than click Next>. z Specify the partition size you want to create, than click Next>.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual z Assign the drive letter or path you want to create, than click Next>. z Click Format this partition with the following settings and Perform a Quick Format, setup the File system to use, Allocation unit size, Volume label, than click Next>. z When the Create Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual The status of the newly created partition in the Disk Management window should change to Formatting and the percentage complete will be displayed. Depending upon the size of the partition, the format process may take several minutes. When complete, the status will change to “Healthy” and the name and drive letter will be updated.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual window. Click on the “My Computer” icon on the Desktop. The new drives will be visible and properly named. The new disks are available for use. 3.4 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS XP (32/64-BIT) 3.4.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the setup. z Insert the Setup and Installation Repository CD in the CD-ROM drive.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual z Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced), than click Next>. z Select Search for the best driver in there location, Include this location in the search, and click Browse to select the driver path, than click Next>.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X z User Manual When the installation has completed, click Finish.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 3.4.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the installation. z Open the Setup and Installation Repository CD and select the SATARAID5 Array Manager software from the Utility folder. z Double-click the utility file. z Click Next> to begin setup.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual z Select I Agree, than click Next>. z Select Place shortcut on Desktop, than click Next> to create a shortcut on the desktop.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X z Click Next> to use the default installation folder. z Click Next> to begin the installation.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual z When SATARAID5 installation has completed, click Close to exit. z Select I accept the terms in the license agreement, than click Next> to begin the Java platform installation. z Select Typical, than click Next>.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual z When Java platform installation has completed, click Finish to exit. z Select Start > All Programs > Silicon Image > SATARaid5Manager to start the Array Manager software. 3.4.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP Please refer to the chapter 4. 3.4.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS ON WINDOWS XP 32-BIT Before creating any partitions, RAID groups must first be created using the SATARaid5Manager utility.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual z Right-click on My Computer icon and select Manage from the pop-up menu. z Select Disk Management under Storage to view the disk drives. z When Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard appears, click Next>.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X z Select the new disk to initialize, than click Next>. z Do not click any disk to convert, than click Next>.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual z When the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard has completed, click Finish. z Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select New Partition… from the pop-up menu. z Click Next> to create a partition on a basic disk.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X z Select the partition type you want to create, than click Next>. z Specify the partition size you want to create, than click Next>.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual z Assign the drive letter or path you want to create, than click Next>. z Click Format this partition with the following settings and Perform a quick format, setup the File system, Allocation unit size, Volume label, than click Next>. z When the New Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual The status of the newly created partition in the Disk Management window should change to Formatting and the percentage complete will be displayed. Depending upon the size of the partition, the format process may take several minutes. When complete, the status will change to “Healthy” and the name and drive letter will be updated.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual window. Click on the “My Computer” icon on the Desktop. The new drives will be visible and properly named. The new disks are available for use. 3.4.5 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS ON WINDOWS XP 64-BIT Before creating any partitions, RAID groups must first be created using the SATARaid5Manager utility. Once the sets have been created, allow the system to load Windows. z Right-click on My Computer icon and select Manage from the pop-up menu.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X z Select Disk Management under Storage to view the disk drives. z When Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard appears, click Next>.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X z Select the new disk to initialize, than click Next>. z Do not click any disk to convert, than click Next>.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual z When the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard has completed, click Finish. z Windows 64-bit system supports GPT disk which supports disk volume greater than 2TB.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual z Right-click on the Basic disk and select Convert to GPT disk from the pop-up menu. z Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select New Partition… from the pop-up menu.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X z Click Next> to create a partition on a basic disk. z Select the partition to create, than click Next>.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X z Specify the partition size you want to create, than click Next>. z Assign the drive letter or path you want to create, than click Next>.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X z User Manual Click Format this partition with the following settings and Perform a quick format, setup the File system, Allocation unit size, Volume label, than click Next>. z When the New Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual The status of the newly created partition in the Disk Management window should change to Formatting and the percentage complete will be displayed. Depending upon the size of the partition, the format process may take several minutes. When complete, the status will change to “Healthy” and the name and drive letter will be updated.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual window. Click on the “My Computer” icon on the Desktop. The new drives will be visible and properly named. The new disks are available for use. 3.5 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS SERVER 2003 (32/64-BIT) 3.5.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the setup. z Insert the Setup and Installation Repository CD in the CD-ROM drive.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual z Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced), than click Next>. z Select Search for the best driver in there location, Include this location in the search, and click Browse to select the driver path, than click Next>.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X z User Manual When the installation has completed, click Finish.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 3.5.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the installation. z Open the Setup and Installation Repository CD and select the SATARAID5 Array Manager software from the Utility folder. z Double-click the utility file. z Click Next> to begin setup.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual z Select I Agree, than click Next>. z Select Place shortcut on Desktop, than click Next> to create a shortcut on the desktop.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X z Click Next> to use the default installation folder. z Click Next> to begin the installation. z When SATARAID5 installation has completed, click Close to exit.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X z User Manual Select I accept the terms in the license agreement, than click Next> to begin the Java platform installation. z Select Typical, than click Next>.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual z When Java platform installation has completed, click Finish to exit. z Select Start > All Programs > Silicon Image > SATARaid5Manager to start the Array Manager software. 3.5.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP Please refer to the chapter 4. 3.5.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS Before creating any partitions, RAID groups must first be created using the SATARaid5Manager utility. Once the sets have been created, allow the system to load Windows.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual z Right-click on My Computer icon and select Manage from the pop-up menu. z Select Disk Management under Storage to view the disk drives. z When Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard appears, click Next>.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X z Select the new disk to initialize, than click Next>. z Do not click any disk to convert, than click Next>.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual z When the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard has completed, click Finish. z Windows Server 2003 SP1 or later system supports GPT disk which supports disk volume greater than 2TB.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual z Right-click on the Basic disk and select Convert to GPT disk from the pop-up menu. z Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select New Partition… from the pop-up menu.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X z Click Next> to create a partition on a basic disk. z Select the partition to create, than click Next>.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X z Specify the partition size you want to create, than click Next>. z Assign the drive letter or path you want to create, than click Next>.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X z User Manual Click Format this partition with the following settings and Perform a quick format, setup the File system, Allocation unit size, Volume label, than click Next>. z When the New Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual The status of the newly created partition in the Disk Management window should change to Formatting and the percentage complete will be displayed. Depending upon the size of the partition, the format process may take several minutes. When complete, the status will change to “Healthy” and the name and drive letter will be updated.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual window. Click on the “My Computer” icon on the Desktop. The new drives will be visible and properly named. The new disks are available for use. 3.6 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS VISTA (32/64-BIT) 3.6.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the setup. z Insert the Setup and Installation Repository CD in the CD-ROM drive.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X z Insert the disc that came with your RAID Controller, than click Next. z When the installation has completed, click Close.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 3.6.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY Follow the descriptions below, and step by step to complete the installation. z Open the Setup and Installation Repository CD and select the SATARAID5 Array Manager software from the Utility folder. z Double-click the utility file. z Click Next> to begin setup.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual z Select I Agree, than click Next>. z Select Place shortcut on Desktop, than click Next> to create a shortcut on the desktop.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X z Click Next> to use the default installation folder. z Click Next> to begin the installation.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual z When SATARAID5 installation has completed, click Close to exit. z Select I accept the terms in the license agreement, than click Next> to begin the Java platform installation. z Select Typical, than click Next>.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual z When Java platform installation has completed, click Finish to exit. z Select Start > All Programs > Silicon Image > SATARaid5Manager to start the Array Manager software. 3.6.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP Please refer to the chapter 4. 3.6.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS Before creating any partitions, RAID groups must first be created using the SATARaid5Manager utility. Once the sets have been created, allow the system to load Windows.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual z Right-click on My Computer icon and select Manage from the pop-up menu. z Select Disk Management under Storage to view the disk drives. z When Initialize Disk Wizard appears, select Disk 1 and GPT (GUID Partition Table), than click OK.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual z Windows Vista system supports GPT disk which supports disk volume greater than 2TB. z Right-click on the Unallocated partition and select New Single Volume… from the popup menu.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X z Click Next> to create the partition. z Specify the partition size you want to create, than click Next>.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual z Assign the drive letter or path you want to create, than click Next>. z Click Format this partition with the following settings and Perform a quick format, setup the File system, Allocation unit size, Volume label, than click Next>.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X z User Manual When the New Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish. The status of the newly created partition in the Disk Management window should change to Formatting and the percentage complete will be displayed. Depending upon the size of the partition, the format process may take several minutes. When complete, the status will change to “Healthy” and the name and drive letter will be updated.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Repeat the above procedure as needed for any other partitions. Close the Data Management window by clicking on the small boxed “X” in the top right corner of the window. Click on the “My Computer” icon on the Desktop. The new drives will be visible and properly named. The new disks are available for use.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 4 SATA RAID5 ARRAY MANAGER 4.1 OVERVIEW The SATARAID5 Array Manager is the Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) which allows you to create and manage RAID volumes. The Manager initially shows two windows as seen below. The RAID Groups window identifies SATA host adapters and configured RAID groups.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Throughout the Manager, different colors are used to indicate the status of the components. The meanings of the colors are: COLOR STATUS Green Good. The component and all subcomponents are okay. Yellow Warning. This component or at least one subcomponent has become degraded and requires service. Red Failed. This component or at least one subcomponent has failed. Grey Unused. 4.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 4.2.2 CONCATENATED RAID GROUPS Concatenated RAID Groups allow the user to select different sized segments for each member of the volume. For Concatenated volumes only, a dialog box will appear allowing the user to select the individual segment sizes from each disk. Enter the desired values and press Create to create the RAID Group (Example below). 4.2.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 4.2.4 MIRRORED RAID GROUPS Mirrored RAID Groups allow the user to select 2 disks for each member of the volume. Enter the desired values and press Create to create the RAID Group (Example below). 4.2.5 MIRRORED STRIPED RAID GROUPS Mirrored Striped RAID Groups allow the user to select minimum of 4 disks for each member of the volume. Enter the desired values and press Create to create the RAID Group (Example below).
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 4.2.6 PARITY RAID GROUPS Parity RAID Groups allow the user to select minimum of 3 or more disks for each member of the volume. Enter the desired values and press Create to create the RAID Group (Example below).
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 4.2.7 RAID GROUPS OVERVIEW RAID Groups allow Enter values in all fields and click Create to create the RAID Group. FIELD DEFINITION RAID Group Enter an identifiable name for the RAID group. This value can be any string (up to 8 Label characters including blank spaces) to help users identify this volume. RAID Group Select a Group ID from the available ID list.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Click the On or Off button to enable or disable the Check Pointing feature. When Check Pointing is enabled, restoring data is very fast after an unexpected power Check Pointing loss, although normal performance may be slightly reduced. When Check Pointing is disabled, normal performance is improved, but restores can take a long time to complete.
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4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 4.3.1 CONFIGURATION SATARAID5 configuration options include customization of the settings for Log File, Popup, and Advanced Options. This command displays a dialog box to let user set different configurations for SATARAID5 with the following three tabs: Log File Tab The Log File tab allows you to define the location and name of the log file. The log file is used to store event information received from all Silicon Image RAID drivers.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual name and location of the Log File. You can also use the Purge button to delete the contents of the Log File.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Popup Tab SATARAID5 can be configured to notify the user of events using messages in popup windows.
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4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Advanced Options The Advanced Options tab is used to control advanced features of the RAID driver. By default, all these advanced options are disabled. The Advanced Options tab allows you to enable the following advanced features. FEATURE EXPLANATION When this feature is selected, Legacy Support menu will be available in Legacy (Bootable) the menu bar.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual When this feature is selected and user selects to create RAID group, if the RAID group to be created is fault tolerance group (RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 10), user will be able to select Improper Shutdown Policy in Advanced RAID Features the Create RAID Group dialog box.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 4.3.3 CREATE SPARE This command displays a dialog box to let user create spare drive, user needs to select the following parameters: PARAMETER DESCRIPTION Choose one of: Spare Type • Global - If the spare drive is for all RAID groups in the system. • Dedicated - If the spare drive is dedicated to the specified RAID group.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 4.3.5 DELETE MEMBER This menu option displays a dialog box to select (highlight) RAID group members to delete. Because RAID 0 is not fault tolerant, RAID 0 members are not shown in the list. Note: Deleting members will demote the RAID group to a non-fault-tolerant RAID group. 4.3.6 DELETE ORPHAN This menu option displays a dialog box to select (highlight) orphan segments to delete.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual RAID group. When a member of a RAID group fails in a severe manner (such as a loss of power or a complete hard disk failure), it becomes an orphan. This command displays the Delete Orphan Segment window to show all orphan segments and allow user to delete selected orphan segments. 4.3.7 MAKE PASS-THRU This menu option is not available in this product. 4.3.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X File Options Exit Sorting User Manual … Fields… Exit This command closes the Task Summary window. Sorting This command sorts the rows based on the selected field. Fields This command displays a dialog box to let user choose which fields will be shown in the Segment Summary window. 4.3.9 CREATE RAID GROUP This command displays a dialog box to let user verify a raid type than display Create RAID Group dialog box.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 4.3.10 REBUILD RAID GROUP This command displays a dialog box to let user choose a replacement segment to rebuild a non-fault tolerant RAID group.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 4.3.11 DELETE RAID GROUP This command displays a dialog box to let user choose RAID groups to delete. 4.3.12 BRING RAID GROUP ONLINE This menu option is not available in this product. 4.3.13 RAID GROUP SUMMARY This command displays a dialog box to show all RAID groups’ group ID, configuration, and status.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual The RAID Group Summary window has its own menu bar. All options available via the menu bar are shown below. File Options Exit Sorting … Fields… Exit This command closes the RAID Group Summary window. Sorting This command displays a dialog box to let user choose up to 3 items to sort RAID group items in the RAID Group list.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual 4.3.14 TASK MANAGER This command displays the Task Manager window. The Task Manager window lists all RAID and disk management tasks that have been started and/or done. This window provides user the ability to schedule any RAID and disk management operations including RAID group creation, rebuild, and test. The Task Manager window has it’s own menu bar.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X Print… User Manual Resume … Exit Cancel… Delete… Open This option will be available in future revisions. Save This option will be available in future revisions. Print This option will be available in future revisions. Exit This command closes the Task Summary window. Sorting This command displays a dialog box to let user choose up to 3 items to sort task items in the task list.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Modify This command allows user to modify parameters of the selected task items. The following is an example of changing rebuild priority for a rebuild task. Suspend This command allows user to suspend the selected task items. Resume This command allows user to resume the suspended task items. Cancel This command allows user to cancel the selected task items.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual This command displays a dialog box to let user delete the selected task items from the task list in Task Summary window. The following dialog box will pop up to get confirmation from the user. 4.3.15 EVENT LOG This command displays the Event Log window. The Event Log window displays SATA device-related events that occur while SATARAID5 is running. The Event Log window has it’s own menu bar.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual Fields This command displays a dialog box to let user choose which fields will be shown in the event log. 4.3.16 RESOURCES This command displays the Resource Information window. This feature is for debugging purpose only.
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual The Event Log window has it’s own menu bar. All options available via the menu bar are shown below File Display Exit Suspend Alt+S Resume Alt+R Exit This command closes the Resources window. Suspend This command is to suspend the resources informantion. Fields This command is to resume the resources informantion. 4.3.17 CREATE LEGACY RAID GROUP This menu option is not available in this product. 4.3.
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