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2. RAIDConguration

RAID Conguration Precautions

1. Pleaseusetwonewdrivesifyouarecreating

aRAID0(striping)arrayforperformance.Itis

recommendedtousetwoSATAdrivesofthe

samesize.Ifyouusetwodrivesofdifferent

sizes,thesmallercapacityharddiskwillbethe

basestoragesizeforeachdrive.Forexample,

ifoneharddiskhasan80GBstoragecapa-

cityandtheotherharddiskhas60GB,the

maximumstoragecapacityforthe80GB-drive

becomes60GB,andthetotalstoragecapacity

forthisRAID0setis120GB.

2. Youmayusetwonewdrives,oruseanexi-

stingdriveandanewdrivetocreateaRAID1

(mirroring)arrayfordataprotection(thenew

drivemustbeofthesamesizeorlargerthan

theexistingdrive).Ifyouusetwodrivesofdiffe-

rentsizes,thesmallercapacityharddiskwill

bethebasestoragesize.Forexample,ifone

harddiskhasan80GBstoragecapacityand

theotherharddiskhas60GB,themaximum

storagecapacityfortheRAID1setis60GB.

3. Pleaseverifythestatusofyourharddisksbe-

foreyousetupyournewRAIDarray.

4. Pleasebackupyourdatarstbeforeyoucre-Pleasebackupyourdatarstbeforeyoucre-

ateRAIDfunctions.Intheprocessyoucreate

RAID,thesystemwillaskifyouwantto“Clear

DiskData”ornot.Itisrecommendedtoselect

“Yes”,andthenyourfuturedatabuildingwill

operateunderacleanenvironment.

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