Edge DiskGO - Encrypting the Pool; Changing the Encryption Password

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Often referred to as RAID 0, the primary purpose is to increase performance. It is
important to realize that Striping does not create multiple copies of the Data like a Mirror
and therefore does not protect against data loss if a drive were to fail.
1. Within the Disk Management menu, select Create New Pool
2. New Pool Name. Enter a unique name for the new pool that you wish to
create.
3. Select the Striping check box.
4. Select the # of external disks to be included in the Striped pool within the
Number of Stripes section.
• If you wish to have the DiskGO configure the pools automatically
check the Auto Configuration box within Pool Mapping preferences
and move on to Step 5. If you wish to manually configure the drives
select Manual Configuration within the Pool Mapping Preferences
section and move on to Step 6.
5. To utilize all available disk space select Maximize Size. If you wish to
allocate space manually uncheck Maximize Size and enter the desired
amount of space per Stripe (gigabytes) within the Space Allocation
section. Click on Create Pool.
6. To manually configure the drives assign the appropriate drive number
within Drive Assignment (Stripe 0, Stripe 1 and Stripe 3). Enter the
desired amount of space per Stripe (gigabytes) within the Space
Allocation section. Click on Create Pool.
*An external hard drive or drives must be connected to the DiskGO via USB in order to
utilize a Striped Pool.
Encrypting the Pool
Encrypting pools provides security for all data stored within that specific pool.
Encrypted pools must be mounted (see “Remounting an Encrypted Pool”) each time the
DiskGO is rebooted, powered off, restored, or removed from the network. The following
steps should be used to encrypt a pool:
1. Within the Disk Management menu, select Create New Pool
2. New Pool Name. Enter a unique name for the new pool that you wish to
create.
3. Select the Encrypt Pool check box.
4. Enter a unique password within Encryption Password. Note that only
alphanumeric characters may be used. The password also should be at
least 8 characters long.
5. Re-enter the password within the Confirm Password field.
6. Allocate all available disk space by leaving the Auto Configuration and
Maximize Size box checked within the Pool Mapping Preference
section. Click Create Pool. Or to manually allocate Disk Space to the
new Pool select Manual Configuration within the Pool Mapping
Preference section and assign the desired size (gigabytes) by using the
slider. Click Create Pool.
Changing the Encryption Password