MicroNet Technology Network Device RAIDBank4 - Manual (Page 35)

RAIDBank4 Owner’s Manual 35
3.1.1 To create a new volume set, choose “Volume Set Functions” from the Main menu. Select the
“Create Volume Set.”
3.1.2 Check the radio button next to the appropriate RAIDset and click
to commit or
to revert all options to default. The volume set attributes screen will appear.
The volume set attributes screen shows the volume set default configuration value that is currently
being configured. The volume set attributes are:
Volume Name Default name is RAIDbank-VOL#nn. You can rename the volume set
name providing it does not exceed 15 characters.
RAID Level RAID level 0,1, 0+1 (10), 3 and 5.
Volume Capacitty Capacity in GB up to the maximum allowed by RAIDset capacity and
RAID Level
Large LUN support (>2TB) Large LUNS (>2TB) must be supported by the host bus adapter
and the host Operating System to be usable. Windows 2003, Vista,
Windows 2008, Mac OS X >10.4.8, and Linux distributions with
appropriate kernels all support large LUNS. Windows XP and prior
cannot address large LUNS natively over USB, and must use eSATA
host bus adapters that have RAID support to be usable. MicroNet
offers such host bus adapters- consult your MicroNet authorized
reseller for more information.
Stripe Size This parameter sets the size of the segment written to each disk in a
RAID 0, 1, 3, or 5 logical drive. You can set the stripe size to 4 KB,
8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB, 64 KB, or 128 KB. A larger stripe size produces
better-read performance for mostly sequential reads. For better
random reads performance, select a smaller stripe size.
Volume Cache Mode RAIDBank4 supports Write-Through and Write-Back Caching algo-
rithms. In the Write-Back caching method, modifications to data in
the cache aren’t copied to the cache source until absolutely neces-
sary, whereas Write-Through cache data is written to the storage and
the cache memory simultaneously. Write-back caching yields better
performance than write-through caching because it reduces the num-
ber of write operations to disk, but is also more prone to data loss due
to service interruptions.
4-RAID Control-Web Interface