LaCie 12big Rack Storage Server 4.4. Mount the Array, 4.5. Share the volume

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c. For each array to create, click the Create Array Group button.

Figure 16 - Create Drive Group

3. When all arrays have been created, click Next.

4. In the Virtual Disk Properties screen, modify default settings as fol-

lows in order to achieve best performance:

a. RAID level: RAID 6 for the best protection and RAID 5 for the

best protection/cost-per-TB ratio).

b. Initialization state: Full initialization

c. Stripe size: 256KB minimum

d. Read policy: Always Read Ahead

e. Write policy: Always write back

f. I/O policy: Direct IO

g. Access policy: Read Write

h. Disk cache policy: Enabled

i. Click Create Virtual Drive for each one you want to create.

Settings might be modiﬁed using Update Virtual Drive button.

Figure 17 - Advance Settings

5. Click Next when ﬁnished.

6. Review the conﬁguration shown in the Virtual Disk Summary win-

dow. If you want to change something, click Back and change the

conﬁguration parameters. Otherwise, click Finish to accept the con-

ﬁguration and start the initialization process (unless you selected No

Initialization above).

4.4. Mount the Array

1. To access your drive conﬁguration, launch Server Manager from

the Windows Start Menu and select Storage > Disk Management.

Figure 18 - Windows Storage Management

2. The Initialize Disk window should appear. If not, right-click the de-

sired disk and select Initialize Disk.

3. Select GPT if your volume is greater than 2TB (GUID Partition Table)

and click OK.

4. Right-click on the desired disk and select New simple volume.

5. When formatting is completed, the disk should appear as Healthy.

The logical volume is now mounted and should appear in your Windows

Explorer.

4.5. Share the volume

If you need assistance to conﬁgure SMB and NFS shares, please refer to

associated technical paper available on the LaCie website and on product

CD:

12big Rack Storage Server is delivered with pre installed Extreme Z-IP

to allow Mac compatibility and Time Machine backup conﬁguration. For

more details, please refer to documentation available on product CD or

in Start Menu > Programs > Extreme Z-IP.