Thecus Technology 1U4500R - Manual (Page 24)

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RAID Information
Item Description
RAID Level
Shows the current RAID configuration.
Total Capacity Shows total capacity of the RAID configuration.
Status Indicates status of the RAID. Can read either Healthy,
Degraded, or Damaged.
Data Capacity Indicates the used capacity, total capacity, and current
percentage used by user data.
Snapshot Capacity Indicates the used capacity, total capacity, and current
percentage used by the Snapshot.
USB Capacity Indicates the used capacity, total capacity, and current
percentage used by the target USB mode.
Capacity Used Displays the total space available and total space used on the
RAID.
Stripe Size Shows the current disk stripe size.
Remaining Time Indicates time remaining until the RAID is finished building.
Rebuild Speed Configures the speed of the RAID rebuild.
Low: the rebuild will be longer, but the system will be more
responsive to file requests.
High: the rebuild will be faster, but the system will be less
responsive to file requests.
Add new disk as spare
disk? When adding a new disk, this setting determines whether the
system will add the new disk as a spare disk of the existing
RAID.
To configure your RAID settings, press the Config button to go to the RAID
Configuration screen.
RAID Configuration
On the RAID Information screen, press
the Config button to go to the RAID
Configuration screen. In addition to RAID
disk information and status, this screen lets
you make RAID configuration settings.
For more information on RAID, see
Appendix C: RAID Basics .
RAID Level
You can set the storage volume as either None, JBOD, RAID 0, RAID 1 or
RAID 5. RAID configuration is usually required only when you first set up the
device. A brief description of each RAID setting follows:
RAID Levels
Level Description
None
There is no existing storage volume.
JBOD The storage volume is a single HDD with no RAID support. JBOD
requires a minimum of 1 disk.
RAID 0 Provides data striping but no redundancy. Improves
performance but not data safety. RAID 0 requires a minimum of
2 disks.