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4.2 RG Migration

To migrate the RAID level, please follow below procedures.

1. Select “/ Volume configuration / RAID group”.


2. Move the mouse pointer to the gray button next to the RG number; click

“Migrate”.

3. Change the RAID level by clicking the down arrow to “RAID 5”. There will

be a pup-up which indicates that HDD is not enough to support the new
setting of RAID level, click “

” to increase hard drives,

then click “

“ to go back to setup page. When doing

migration to lower RAID level, such as the original RAID level is RAID 6 and
user wants to migrate to RAID 0, system will evaluate whether this

operation is safe or not, and appear a message of "Sure to migrate to a
lower protection array?”
to give user warning.

4. Double check the setting of RAID level and RAID PD slot. If there is no

problem, click “

“.

5. Finally a confirmation page shows the detail of RAID information. If there is

no problem, click “

“ to start migration. System also

pops up a message of “Warning: power lost during migration may
cause damage of data!”
to give user warning. When the power is

abnormally off during the migration, the data is in high risk.