Installation guide

Software Operation Manual

4K Block :

It change the sector size from default 512 bytes to 4k bytes. The maximum volume

capacity up to 16TB. This option works under Windows platform only. And it can not

be converted to “Dynamic Disk”, because 4k sector size is not a standard format.

4.6.1.5 Initialization Mode:

This option is used to define “Background Initialization”, “Foreground Initialization” or

“No Init (To Rescue Volume)”. When “Background Initialization”, the initialization

proceeds as a background task, the volume set is fully accessible for system reads

and writes. The operating system can instantly access to the newly created arrays

without requiring a reboot and waiting the initialization complete. When “Foreground

Initialization”, the initialization proceeds must be completed before the volume set

ready for system accesses. There is no initialization happed when you select “No Init”

option. “No Init“ is for customer to rescue volume without losing data in the disk.

4.6.1.6 Strip Size:

This parameter sets the size of the stripe written to each disk in a RAID 0, 1, 10(1E),

5, 6, 50 or 60 logical drive. You can set the stripe size to 4KB, 8KB, 16KB, 32KB,

64KB, 128KB, 256KB, 512KB, or 1024KB. A larger stripe size produces better read

performance, especially if your computer does mostly sequential reads. However, if

you are sure that your computer does random reads more often, select a smaller

stripe size.

Note

1. RAID level 3 can’t modify strip size.

2. Roaming the stripe size 256K / 512K / 1024K Raid Set to firmware

version older than 1.52 will cause data corruption.

4.6.1.7 Cache Mode:

The RAID subsystem supports “Write-Through” and “Write-Back” cache.

4.6.1.8 Volume Write Protection:

Enable this protection to prevent any data being written to Volumes.