User`s manual

Disk Settings

Item Description

RAID Check the boxes of the hard drives you wish to add to the

storage volume.

Spare Check a box to designate the replacement HDD for the storage

volume. This becomes the backup for any damaged hard drives.

Stripe Size This sets the stripe size to maximize performance of sequential

files in a storage volume. Keep the 64K setting unless you

require a special file storage layout in the storage volume. A

larger stripe size is better for large files.

Add Spare Press this button to add a new Spare disk.

Create RAID Press this button to configure a file system and create the RAID

storage volume.

Remove Click to remove the RAID volume. All user data will be removed.

Creating a RAID

To create a RAID volume, follow the steps below:

1. On the RAID List screen, click New.

2. On the RAID Configuration screen, set the RAID storage space as JBOD,

RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, or RAID 10 — see Appendix C:

RAID Basics for a detailed description of each.

3. Tick the checkboxes under the “member” heading of the hard disks you

wish to use to create a RAID.

4. Specify a stripe size — 64K is the default setting.

5. Press Apply to build the RAID storage volume.

NOTE

Building a RAID storage space may take time, dep

hard drives and RAID mode.

ending on the size of

WARNING

Creating RAID destroys all data in the current RAID

volume. The data is

unrecoverable.

With a RAID 1 or RAID 5 volume, you can also add a spare disk after the RAID is

created. See Chapter 7: Tips and Tricks > Adding a Spare Disk for details.

Expanding a RAID

To expand a RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, or RAID 10 volume, follow the steps below:

1. Replace one of the hard drives in the RAID volume and allow it to

automatically rebuild.

2. Once rebuilt, you can continue to replace any remaining disks in the RAID

array.

3. When you are done replacing hard drives, log on to Web Management.

Navigate to Storage > RAID to open the RAID List screen.

4. On the RAID List screen, select the RAID volume by clicking on its radio

button, and click RAID Config to open the RAID Configuration screen.