RAID UtilityUser’s Guide Instructions for setting up RAID volumes on a computer with a MacPro RAID Card or Xserve RAID Card.
10 Setting Up a Spare Drive You can set aside an unassigned drive as a global spare. Then, if any disk in a RAID set fails, the spare is automatica
11 Solving Problems The following paragraphs may help you identify or solve a problem you’re having with your RAID volumes. Checking the Status o
12 Reviewing Event Messages RAID Utility keeps a list of events related to the current state of the RAID card, RAID volumes, and their components.
13 The current state of the battery is also indicated by the icon in the lower-left corner of the RAID Utility window.If a Volume is DegradedA degra
14 Viewing the RAID System LogIf you have trouble with your RAID configuration, you can check the diagnostic messages in the RAID log for more informa
15 About RAID LevelsRAID Utility lets you set up RAID sets based on the following RAID levels:Â Enhanced JBODÂ RAID 0 (striping)Â RAID 1 (mirroring)
16 Using Non-RAID JBOD DisksDisks that are not part of the RAID environment are called JBOD disks (just a bunch of disks). If you install a new disk o
17 Setup ExamplesThe following examples show some common ways to set up RAID volumes.Migrating to a Single RAID VolumeThis is the easiest way to set
Creating a Separate High Performance Data VolumeAs in the previous two examples, we’ll assume that you’ve purchased a computer with a RAID card and f
2 1 Contents 3 RAID Utility User’s Guide3 Installing the RAID Software 4 Running RAID Utility 5 Setting Up RAID Volumes 6 Migrating an Existing Volum
3 1 RAID Utility User’s Guide This guide shows you how to set up RAID volumes using the RAID Utility application on a computer with a Mac Pro
4 Running RAID Utility The RAID Utility application is in /Applications/Utilities/. You can open it from there anytime you want to check the status
5 Setting Up RAID Volumes There are two basic ways to set up RAID volumes: Migrate an existing startup volume Set up RAID sets and volumes manu
6 Migrating an Existing Volume to a RAID Volume When you purchase a computer with the RAID card installed, the startup disk is configured as a sing
7 8 Under Options, choose whether you want to use space from the additional drives to create a second volume or leave the extra space free for cr
8 Creating a RAID Set Before you can create a RAID volume, you need to combine physical drives into a logical disk called a RAID set.The number of
9 Creating a Volume To create a RAID volume, you use RAID Utility to format space available on a RAID set. To create a volume:1 In RAID Utility,
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