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SnapServer/GuardianOS 7.6 Administrator’s Guide Contents
Chapter 6: Traditional RAID Storage
Storage Guides .........................................................................................................................................................102
Factors in Choosing a RAID Type ......................................................................................................................102
Local and Global Spares ...................................................................................................................................103
RAID Sets ....................................................................................................................................................................104
Create RAID Sets .................................................................................................................................................104
Group RAID Sets ..................................................................................................................................................108
Change RAID Settings ........................................................................................................................................112
Manage Global Spares ......................................................................................................................................113
Edit RAID Set Properties ......................................................................................................................................114
Volumes .....................................................................................................................................................................117
Volumes and the Snapshot Pool .......................................................................................................................117
Volume Creation .................................................................................................................................................118
Volume Properties ...............................................................................................................................................122
Quotas ........................................................................................................................................................................126
Quotas Page .......................................................................................................................................................127
Enable/Disable Quotas ......................................................................................................................................128
Add Quotas Wizard ............................................................................................................................................129
Displaying/Changing Quotas ............................................................................................................................131
Chapter 7: Other Storage Options
Snapshots ...................................................................................................................................................................135
Creating Snapshots .............................................................................................................................................136
Schedule Snapshots ............................................................................................................................................139
Snapshot Space ..................................................................................................................................................140
Snapshot Properties ............................................................................................................................................142
iSCSI Disks ...................................................................................................................................................................145
Configuring iSCSI Initiators ..................................................................................................................................146
iSCSI Configuration on the SnapServer ............................................................................................................146
Create iSCSI Disks ................................................................................................................................................149
Edit an iSCSI Disk ..................................................................................................................................................152
Delete an iSCSI Disk ............................................................................................................................................153
Configuring VSS/VDS for iSCSI Disks ...................................................................................................................153
Disks ............................................................................................................................................................................156
Replacing Disk Drives ..........................................................................................................................................158
Adding Disk Drives ...............................................................................................................................................160
Managing Expansion Unit Storage ....................................................................................................................165
Integrating Orphaned Expansion Units .............................................................................................................166
RDX QuikStor ..............................................................................................................................................................166
RDX Media Properties .........................................................................................................................................168
Copy Data To/From RDX Media ........................................................................................................................169
Format RDX Media ..............................................................................................................................................170
Eject RDX Media ..................................................................................................................................................171
Rename RDX Media Volume .............................................................................................................................172
Chapter 8: Security Options
Overview ....................................................................................................................................................................173
Guidelines for Local Authentication .................................................................................................................174
User and Group ID Assignments ........................................................................................................................175
Security Guides .........................................................................................................................................................175