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USB and eSATA to SATA II RAID Subsystem
Table of Contents
Preface ........................................................................................................... 5
Before You Begin ......................................................................................... 6
Safety Guidelines. .......................................................................................................................................................................6
Controller Configuration .........................................................................................................................................................6
Packaging, Shipment and Delivery.....................................................................................................................................6
Unpacking the Subsystem .....................................................................................................................................................7
Chapter 1
Introduction ............................................................................ 8
1.1
Key Features ......................................................................................................................................................................9
1.2
Identifying Parts of the RAID Subsystem .......................................................................................................... 10
1.2.1
Front View .............................................................................................................................................................. 10
1.2.1.1
Disk Trays ...................................................................................................................................................... 11
1.2.1.2
LCD Front Panel.......................................................................................................................................... 12
1.2.2
Rear View ................................................................................................................................................................ 13
1.3
Technical Specifications............................................................................................................................................. 15
1.4
RAID Concepts .............................................................................................................................................................. 16
1.5
Array Definition ............................................................................................................................................................. 21
1.5.1
Raid Set ................................................................................................................................................................... 21
1.5.2
Volume Set ............................................................................................................................................................ 21
1.5.3
Easy to Use Features......................................................................................................................................... 22
1.5.3.1
Instant Availability/Background Initialization ................................................................................. 22
1.5.3.2
Array Roaming ............................................................................................................................................ 22
1.5.3.3
Online Capacity Expansion .................................................................................................................... 22
1.3.3.4
Online RAID Level and Stripe Size Migration..................................................................................... 23
1.5.4
High Availability ................................................................................................................................................. 24
1.5.4.1
Creating Hot Spares. ................................................................................................................................. 24
1.5.4.2
Hot-Swap Disk Drive Support............................................................................................................... 24
1.3.4.3 Hot-Swap Disk Rebuild ................................................................................................................................... 24
Chapter 2
Getting Started ................................................................... 25
2.1
Preparing the Subsystem and Powering On ................................................................................................... 25
2.2
Installing Hard Drives ................................................................................................................................................. 25
Chapter 3
RAID Configuration ......................................................... 27
3.1 Configuring Through a Terminal ................................................................................................................................... 27
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