LaCie 5big Storage Server - Technical Brief Manual

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Technical Brief: RAID page 1
Table of Contents
1. Introduction .................................................................................................................. 4
2. Administrator ............................................................................................................... 4
3. Removing and Installing Disks ...................................................................................... 5
3.1. MBR, GPT and the 5big Storage Server Operating System ................................................................... 6
3.2. Disk Model and Disk Sectors ............................................................................................................. 6
3.3. Drives with Capacities Greater than 2TB ............................................................................................ 6
3.4. Removing a Disk Tray ....................................................................................................................... 7
3.5. Fastening a non-LaCie Hard Disk to the 5big Enclosure Drive Tray ....................................................... 8
3.6. 5big Enclosure Numbered Slots and Disk Trays ................................................................................ 10
3.7. Insert a Disk .................................................................................................................................. 10
4. Disk Numbering ......................................................................................................... 11
4.1. Disk Numbering: Windows Disk Management .................................................................................. 11
4.1.1. Recovering the 5big Storage Server Default Disk Order ........................................................... 15
4.2. Disk Numbering: LaCie Hardware Monitor ....................................................................................... 16
5. RAID - Five Disk Server ............................................................................................... 17
5.1. Default RAID ................................................................................................................................. 17
5.2. Adjusting the RAID ......................................................................................................................... 19
5.3. Five Disks: System Volume Mirror .................................................................................................... 20
5.3.1. Boot Order and Creating the Mirror After a Recovery .............................................................. 20
5.3.2. Creating the Mirror ............................................................................................................... 22
5.4. Swap Volume: RAID 5 .................................................................................................................... 24
5.4.1. Create the Swap Volume ....................................................................................................... 25
5.4.2. Create the Swap File ............................................................................................................ 29
5.5. Data Volume: RAID 5 ..................................................................................................................... 32
5.6. Volume Activity During a Resynch .................................................................................................... 36
5.6.1. Rebooting During a Resynch.................................................................................................. 36
5.6.2. Accessing Data on a Volume that is Resynching ...................................................................... 36
6. RAID - Two Disk Server .............................................................................................. 37
6.1. Two Disk Suggested RAID Configuration .......................................................................................... 37
6.2. Adjusting the RAID ......................................................................................................................... 38
6.3. 5big Storage Server Single Disk Default Configuration ...................................................................... 38
6.4. Boot Order and Creating the System Mirror ..................................................................................... 39
6.5. Creating the System Mirror ............................................................................................................. 40
6.6. Creating the Data Mirror ................................................................................................................ 42
7. RAID - Three Disk Server ............................................................................................ 45
7.1. Three Disk Suggested RAID Configuration ........................................................................................ 45
7.2. Adjusting the RAID ......................................................................................................................... 47
7.3. 5big Storage Server Single Disk Default Configuration ...................................................................... 47
7.4. Boot Order and Creating the System Mirror ..................................................................................... 48
7.5. Creating the System Mirror ............................................................................................................. 49
7.6. Simple Volume: Swap File ............................................................................................................... 51
7.7. Data Volume: RAID 5 ..................................................................................................................... 56
8. RAID - Four Disk Server .............................................................................................. 62
8.1. Four Disk Suggested RAID Configuration ......................................................................................... 62
8.2. Adjusting the RAID ......................................................................................................................... 64