HighPoint RocketRAID 2240 User Manual

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Select the desired RAID level from the drop-down list.

Enter a name for the array using the keyboard (this is optional), and click the Next

button.

If you are creating a redundant array (RAID 1, 5, 10), select an initialization

option. If you are creating a RAID 0 or JBOD (volume), skip to step 6:

For RAID1 and RAID 10 arrays, the default initialization method is “No

initialization”.

For RAID5 arrays, the default initialization method is “Foreground”.

If you are creating RAID5, you will be asked to specify a cache policy:

Write-back - when the write-back setting is selected, all write requests sent to

the array are cached. This will result in higher performance, but data loss may

occur in case of a power failure.

Write-through - when the write-through setting is selected, all write requests

sent to the array are passed directly to the disks. However, subsequent reads

may still be completed from the cache if appropriate.

6. Select which disks are to be used to create the array. Highlight the desired disk

from the left-side of the interface (available disks), then click on the

button

to move the disk to the right side of the interface (selected disks). Disks must be

selected one a time.

If you wish to remove a selected disk, highlight it from the selected disk section,

and use the

button to move it to the available disk section.

Note: The selection sequence is important - the order in which the disks are

selected will determine the disk sequence of the array.

Select the capacity - the RocketRAID 2240 can create multiple arrays on the same

set of drives. As a result of this feature, you have the option of assigning a

physical disk to multiple RAID arrays.

Press Enter to use the default value (the maximum capacity for the array), or

specify the desired value using the keyboard, and press Enter to confirm this

selection. Then, click the Finish button.

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