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b. When the selection bar

moves to the P h y s i c a l

P h y s i c a l

D r i v e

D r i v e section, use the up
or down arrow keys to
select the first drive of the
RAID set, then press
.

PHYSICAL DRIVE

0 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXMB

1 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXMB
2 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXMB
3 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXMB

c. Repeat step b to set the second, third, and fourth drive. The

number of available drives depends on the installed and enabled
physical drives in the system.

d. After selecting the drives, a pop-up menu appears. Select an

option, then press . Refer to the options description below.

MAIN MENU

Auto configuration

Manual configuration

Create with data copy

Create without data copy

C r e a t e w i t h d a t a c o p y

C r e a t e w i t h d a t a c o p y option allows you to copy the current data
from the source drive to the mirror drive. If you select this option, the
RAID 1 set must be repartitioned and reformatted to guarantee the
consistency of its contents. Select this option if you have important
data in your source hard disk drive.

C r e a t e w i t h o u t d a t a c o p y

C r e a t e w i t h o u t d a t a c o p y option disables the disk copy function
of the mirrored set.

e. If you selected

C r e a t e w i t h

C r e a t e w i t h
d a t a c o p y

d a t a c o p y

d a t a c o p y, a
pop-up menu
appears. Use the
up or down arrow
keys to select a
copy method, then
press .

MAIN MENU

Auto configuration

Manual configuration

online copy

offline copy

The o n l i n e c o p y

o n l i n e c o p y

o n l i n e c o p y option automatically copies the data to the target

drives on the background while writing to the source drives. The o f f l i n e

o f f l i n e

c o p y

c o p y option allows you to copy the contents of the source drive to the
target drives immediately.