D-Link ShareCenter Pro DNS-1550-04

ShareCenter Pro User Manual
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CAUTION: IF YOU DELETE A DISK ARRAY, YOU ALSO DELETE LOGICAL
DRIVES THAT BELONG TO IT, ALONG WITH THE DATA IN THOSE
LOGICAL DRIVES. BACK UP IMPORTANT DATA BEFORE DELETING A
DISK ARRAY.
3.4.3 Logical Drive Management
1. Click Storage tab > Logical Drive. The list of logical drives appears.
2. Move your mouse over the logical drive you want to display the options
of the logical drive, including:
− View – Select to view logical drive status:
 Disk Array ID – LD0, LD1, LD2, etc.
 Alias – If assigned
 Array ID – ID number of the disk array where this logical
drive was created
 RAID Level – Set when the logical drive was created
 Operational Status – OK means normal
 Capacity – Data capacity of the logical drive
 Number of Axles – For RAID 10, 2 axles. For RAID 50 and
60, 2 or more axles
 Physical Capacity – Data capacity of the physical drives
 Number of Physical Drives – The number of physical
drives in the disk array
 Stripe size – Set at logical drive creation
 Read Policy – Adjustable
 Sector size – Set at logical drive creation
 Write Policy – Adjustable
 Tolerable Number of Dead Drives – Number of physical
drives that can fail without the logical drive going offline
 Synchronized – A new logical drive shows "No" until
synchronizing is completed
 Parity Pace – Pertains to some RAID levels