Accusys Acuta - Manual (Page 8)

Accusys Acuta User’s Manual
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Introduction to RAID levels ............................................................................... 17
RAID 0 ............................................................................................................... 18
RAID 0+1........................................................................................................... 19
RAID 5 and RAID 5+hot spare.......................................................................... 20
P RE - INSTALLATION NOTICES .................................................................................... 22
CHAPTER 3 ................................................................................... 23
S S S E E E T T T T T T I I I N N N G G G U U U P P P T T T H H H E E E S S S U U U B B B S S S Y Y Y S S S T T T E E E M M M ................................................ 23
F AMILIARIZING YOURSELF WITH ACUTA 4/4S........................................................ 23
Overview ............................................................................................................ 23
Front view .......................................................................................................... 24
Rear view ........................................................................................................... 25
Host connection ports: IEEE 1394 and USB interface version ......................... 25
Host connection ports: Serial ATA interface version......................................... 26
L OADING DRIVES INTO ACUTA 4/4S....................................................................... 26
CHAPTER 4 ................................................................................... 30
S S S E E E T T T T T T I I I N N N G G G U U U P P P A A A N N N A A A R R R R R R A A A Y Y Y ............................................................. 30
A RRAY CREATION FLOWCHART ................................................................................ 30
S ETTING RAID LEVEL .............................................................................................. 31
Setting RAID 0 ................................................................................................... 33
Setting RAID 0+1............................................................................................... 33
Setting RAID 5 ................................................................................................... 33
Setting RAID 5+spare........................................................................................ 33
C REATING AN ARRAY ............................................................................................... 34
R EMOVING / REPLACING A DRIVE ............................................................................. 37
What if a disk fails?............................................................................................ 37
Swapping drives ................................................................................................. 37
Removing a drive ............................................................................................... 38
C ONNECTING TO A HOST COMPUTER ........................................................................ 39
IEEE 1394 and USB host interface version ....................................................... 39
Serial ATA host interface version ...................................................................... 40
S ETTING THE D ISPLAY T IME & D ATE ....................................................................... 42
CHAPTER 5 ................................................................................... 43
P P P A A A R R R T T T I I I T T T I I I O O O N N N I I I N N N G G G T T T H H H E E E A A A R R R R R R A A A Y Y Y .................................................... 43
P ARTITIONING THE ARRAY - W INDOWS .................................................................... 43
P ARTITIONING THE ARRAY - L INUX .......................................................................... 44
P ARTITIONING THE ARRAY – M AC OS X .................................................................. 46