Thecus 8900 series User Manual

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RAID Information
Item
Description
Master RAID
The RAID volume currently designated as the Master RAID
volume.
ID
ID of the current RAID volume.
NOTE: All RAID IDs must be unique.
RAID Level
Shows the current RAID configuration.
Status
Indicates status of the RAID. Can read either Healthy,
Degraded, or Damaged.
Disks Used
Hard disks used to form the current RAID volume.
Total Capacity
Total capacity of the current RAID.
Data Capacity
Indicates the used capacity and total capacity used by user data.
Create a RAID
On the RAID Information screen, press the Create button to go to the RAID
Volume Creation screen. In addition to RAID disk information and status, this
screen lets you make RAID configuration settings.
Using Create RAID, you can select stripe size, choose which disks are RAID disks
or the Spare Disk. .
RAID Configurations
Item
Description
Disk No.
Number assigned to the installed hard disks.
Capacity (MB)
Capacity of the installed hard disks.
Model
Model number of the installed hard disks.
Status
Status of the installed hard disks.
Used
If this is checked, current hard disk is aalready part of a RAID
volume.
Spare
If this is checked, current hard disk is designated as a spare for a
RAID volume.
Master RAID
Check a box to designate this as the Master RAID volume. See the
NOTE below for more information.
Stripe Size
This sets the stripe size to maximize performance of sequential
files in a storage volume. Keep the 64K setting unless you require
a special file storage layout in the storage volume. A larger stripe
size is better for large files.
Data Percentage
The percentage of the RAID volume that will be used to store
data.
Create
Press this button to configure a file system and create the RAID

Thecus 8900 series Specifications

General

Brand	Thecus
Model	8900 series
Category	Network Storage Server
Language	English