Areca ARC-1200 - Using RAID Set;Volume Set Function Method

BIOS CONFIGURATION
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3.5 Using RAID Set/Volume Set Function
Method
In “Raid Set Function”, you can use the “Create Raid Set” function
to generate a new RAID set. In “Volume Set Function”, you can use
the “Create Volume Set” function to generate an associated volume
set and conguration parameters.
Select this method to congure new RAID sets and volume sets.
The “Raid Set/Volume Set Function” conguration option allows you
to associate volume sets with partial and full RAID sets.
Step Action
1 Choose “RAID Set Function” from the main menu. Select “Create RAID
Set” and press the Enter key.
2 The “Select a Drive For Raid Set” window is displayed showing the SATA
drives connected to the SATA RAID controller.
3 Press the UP and DOWN arrow keys to select specic physical drives.
Press the Enter key to associate the selected physical drive with the cur-
rent RAID set.
It is recommended that you drives of the same capacity in a specic
array. If you use drives with different capacities in an array, all drives in
the RAID set will be set to the capacity of the smallest drive in the RAID
set.
The numbers of physical drives in a specic array determines which RAID
levels that can be implemented in the array.
RAID 0 requires 1 or more physical drives.
RAID 1 requires 2 physical drives.
4 After adding the desired physical drives to the current RAID set, press
Yes to conrm the “Create Raid Set” function.
5 An “Edit The Raid Set Name” dialog box appears. Enter 1 to 15 alphanu-
meric characters to dene a unique identier for this new raid set. The
default RAID set name will always appear as Raid Set. #. Press Enter to
nish the name editing.
6 Press the Yes option when you are nished creating the current RAID
set. To continue dening another RAID set, repeat step 3. To begin vol-
ume set conguration, go to step 8.
7 Choose the “Volume Set Function” from the main menu. Select “Create
Volume Set” and press the Enter key.
8 Choose a RAID set from the “Create Volume From Raid Set” window.
Press the Enter key to conrm the selection.
9 If space remains in the raid set, the next volume set can be congured.
Repeat steps 5 to 9 to congure another volume set.