LaCie Biggest Quadra | Setting Up the Biggest Quadra |
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If you are resetting the RAID level after having used the LaCie Biggest Quadra at another RAID level, the LaCie Biggest Quadra will display a warning on the LCD, asking if you are certain that you want to initial- ize the new RAID array. The initialization process will erase any data on the disks.
The LCD Display of the LaCie Biggest Quadra will issue a “Create New RAID” message. Press the Enter button to select Yes, or press the Menu button to select No.
Important Info: The initialization pro- cess is a
In the event that the power is interrupted during the initialization process, the LaCie Biggest Quadra will resume the initialization process from the point of interruption as soon as the power is restored.
All four of the Drive Bays should be locked in place in the LaCie Biggest Quadra before the initialization process. If the four Drive Bays are not installed correctly when the power is turned on, the alarm will sound and a “RAID Fail” message will be displayed on the LCD, unless: a RAID 5 + Hot Spare level has been set and the bottom three Drive Bays have disks installed. In this instance, the initialization of a RAID 5 array will begin.
Technical notes: For a complete list of the LCD Display messages and Disk Status and Activity Indicators, please see sections 5.1. Disk Status and Activity Indicators and 5.2. LCD Dis- play Messages.
The RAID capacity is determined by the RAID level and the capacity of the drives installed. For more information, please see sections 3.1, RAID 0, 3.2., RAID 0 + 1, 3.3., RAID 5 and 3.4., RAID 5 + Hot Spare.
At the time of publication (September 2006), some Windows versions do not allow the config- uration of storage policies with more than 2TB. This limitation does not exist for Mac OS X.
