Manual

Accusys Acuta User’s Manual
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Introduction to RAID levels ............................................................................... 17
RAID 0 ............................................................................................................... 18
RAID 0+1........................................................................................................... 19
RAID 5 and RAID 5+hot spare.......................................................................... 20
PRE-INSTALLATION NOTICES .................................................................................... 22
CHAPTER 3...................................................................................23
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FAMILIARIZING YOURSELF WITH ACUTA 4/4S........................................................ 23
Overview............................................................................................................ 23
Front view.......................................................................................................... 24
Rear view ........................................................................................................... 25
Host connection ports: IEEE 1394 and USB interface version ......................... 25
Host connection ports: Serial ATA interface version......................................... 26
LOADING DRIVES INTO ACUTA 4/4S....................................................................... 26
CHAPTER 4...................................................................................30
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ARRAY CREATION FLOWCHART................................................................................ 30
SETTING RAID LEVEL.............................................................................................. 31
Setting RAID 0 ................................................................................................... 33
Setting RAID 0+1............................................................................................... 33
Setting RAID 5 ................................................................................................... 33
Setting RAID 5+spare........................................................................................ 33
CREATING AN ARRAY............................................................................................... 34
REMOVING / REPLACING A DRIVE ............................................................................. 37
What if a disk fails?............................................................................................ 37
Swapping drives................................................................................................. 37
Removing a drive ............................................................................................... 38
CONNECTING TO A HOST COMPUTER ........................................................................ 39
IEEE 1394 and USB host interface version ....................................................... 39
Serial ATA host interface version ...................................................................... 40
SETTING THE DISPLAY TIME & DATE....................................................................... 42
CHAPTER 5...................................................................................43
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PARTITIONING THE ARRAY - WINDOWS.................................................................... 43
PARTITIONING THE ARRAY - LINUX.......................................................................... 44
PARTITIONING THE ARRAY – MAC OS X.................................................................. 46