When rebuild has already started, choose “Rebuild progress” to see the rebuilding progress.

IMPORTANT!

The Rebuild function is only available when a logical drive (with RAID level 1, 3 or 5) has a failed member. NRAID and RAID 0 configurations provide no data redundancy.

Regenerating Logical Drive Parity

(Applies to RAID1, 3, and 5)

If no verifying method is applied to data writes, this function can be often performed to verify parity blocks of a selected array. This function compares and recalculates parity data to correct parity errors.

Choose the logical drive that you want to regenerate the parity for, and then press [ENTER]. Choose “Regenerate Parity,” then press [ENTER]. When prompted to “Regenerate Parity?”, select Yes.

IMPORTANT!

If a regenerating process is stopped by a drive failure, the process cannot restart until the logical drive is successfully rebuilt by having its failed member replaced.

Media Scan

Media Scan is used to examine drives and is able to detect the presence of bad blocks. If any data blocks have not been properly committed and are found during the scanning process, data from

Terminal Operation

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Compaq Infortrend manual Regenerating Logical Drive Parity, Applies to RAID1, 3