RAID Information
Item | Description |
RAID Level | Shows the current RAID configuration. |
Total Capacity | Total capacity of the current RAID. |
Status | Indicates status of the RAID. Can read either Healthy, |
| Degraded, or Damaged. |
Used Percentage | Indicates total percentage used of the RAID volume. |
Stripe Size | Indicates the current stripe size being used. |
Remaining Time | Indicates the time remaining until the RAID volume is built. |
Config | Press this to configure RAID volumes. |
RAID Configuration
On the RAID List screen, press the RAID Config button to go to the RAID Configuration screen. In addition to RAID disk information and status, this screen lets you make RAID configuration settings.
For more information on RAID, see
Appendix C: RAID Basics.
RAID Level
You can set the storage volume as JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1, or RAID 5. RAID configuration is usually required only when you first set up the device. A brief description of each RAID setting follows:
RAID Levels
Level | Description |
JBOD | The storage volume is a single HDD with no RAID support. JBOD |
| requires a minimum of 1 disk. |
RAID 0 | Provides data striping but no redundancy. Improves |
| performance but not data safety. RAID 0 requires a minimum of |
| 2 disks. |
RAID 1 | Offers disk mirroring. Provides twice the read rate of single |
| disks, but same write rate. RAID 1 requires a minimum of 2 |
| disks. |
RAID 5 | Data striping and stripe error correction information provided. |
| Excellent performance and good fault tolerance. RAID 5 requires |
| a minimum of 3 disks. RAID 5 can sustain one failed disk. |
WARNING | If the administrator improperly removes a hard disk that should not be removed |
when RAID status is Degraded, all data will be lost. |
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