Xcellon RAID System Software User Manual.indd
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1. can also save the log as a log txt file or clear the log by clicking on the corresponding buttons Basic RAID Configuration This tab helps you configure or delete a RAID system for all the disks in the selected controller The top right table indicates RAID system number RAID name RAID level mode capacity and disk numbers The bottom right bars display disk capacity with unreleased capacity in green When configuring a new RAID system the accessible Capacity will appear in red when displaying an existing RAID system it will appear in another color such as yellow or pink When deleting a RAID system the system to be deleted will be displayed with a crosshatch pattern To configure or delete a RAID system follow these steps L Go to Basic Mode gt RAID and Disk Information and select the desired controller from the tree view in the left column Before configuring the RAID system make sure to back up your data All data on the installed disk drives will be deleted during the e configuration process 2 In the Basic Raid Configuration tab under the Configure Raid column on the left click the radio button that corresponds to the RAID system you want to create If you want to delete your current RAID system select DELETE ALL RAID 2 If desired click the Support Password checkbox and enter a password in the corresponding field If you are deleting a RAID system and a password is required enter the passwor2. gt gf Y XCELLON RAID SYSTEMS SOFTWARE USER MANUAL www xcellongear com gt on Contents A PP AA 3 RAID and Disk Information 3 Event Log Viewer voici n uuu 4 Basic RAID Configuration m 4 A 6 Email Notification and Event Settings Ak KN NA a kd 6 Advanced RAID CONT EU DON io a wk io ANNA ee AA 6 Configure RAID system in Advanced Mode 9 Delete a RAID system vm 10 Firmware Information 11 RAID Settings uaaa E ke BE on Basic Mode RAID and Disk Information This tab displays information about the current RAID mode and the hard disks installed in the enclosure The left hand column displays a tree view with information about the controllers and their connected RAID systems and disks If you re using a JBOD system the tree will display only the controller and the connected disks Click on an item in the tree for information such as storage capacity status model and serial name The Disk Information window will display a pie chart with RAID information and unreleased capacity In the Disk Information window you can click on Advanced Information to view a pop up window with the disk s SMART information 4 XCELLON HW RAID Manager 4 E Controller 2 4 PO ORICO H Mao ES Event Log Viewer The Event Log Viewer displays a record of important issues relating to the RAID system View the log number issued module date type and a message about the issue You
3. in blocks across the disk drives installed in the Disk 0 Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Dika enclosure This mode links all the drives installed in the enclosure so they can function as a single drive with combined storage space So if you are using five 100 GB drives they will combine to function as a single 500 GB drive 10068 100GB 100GB 100GB 100GB RAID 1 RAID 1 mirrors the data in blocks on two disk drives l Total installed in the enclosure so the exact same data is stored on Disk O M 1 both drives Data integrity is more reliable in this mode than in RAID O mode although there is less accessible disk space and the transfer speed is slower Mirroring makes it easier to recover lost data if one of the RAID drives is damaged Only one of the two drives is accessible in RAID 1 mode 100 GB 100 GB 100 GB Decu m When two disks are inserted and the RAID mode switches are set to RAID 1 10 configuration the enclosure will be set to RAID 1 mode When using RAID O and RAID 1 modes you can use disk drives of varying capacities although the capacity will be limited to the smallest of the disk drives For example If you are using a 100 GB and a 250 GB drive then the 250 GB will be limited to the smaller 100 GB capacity and the total combined capacity will be 200 GB RAID LO RAID 10 mode creates two RAID 1 mirrors and then a RAID O system to stripe data across them in blocks
4. spinner to select a value in minutes from O and 10 922 182 hours or about 7 5 days Under RAID Rebuild Priority Settings you can set the priority for your RAID system to rebuild itself The rebuilding affects the read write speed so the higher the rebuilding priority the slower the read write speed Use the slider to set the priority After changing the settings click Apply to save them or Cancel to revert to the previous settings GGL
5. D system make sure to back up your data All data on the installed disk drives will be deleted during the e configuration process To configure a RAID system in the advanced RAID Configuration mode follow these steps l Go to Basic Mode gt RAID and Disk Information and select the desired controller from the tree view in the left column Pa Go to Advanced Mode Advanced RAID Configuration In the Controller column on the left click the radio button labeled Create RAID gt In the Select a RAID type dropdown menu below select the desired RAID type 4 In the column on the right click the check boxes next to the drives that you want to add to this RAID system The RAID system information will appear at the top of this column with the system number RAID name RAID level capacity and disk numbers y Y Qe Advanced RAID Configuration Controller 1 No Raid Name Raid Level Capacit Disk No e New Volume RAID 10 298 00 GB D1 D2 D3 D4 OTT VE Cancel 5 If desired use the slider to decrease disk size 6 Click the apply button to begin creating the RAID system gt on 7 A pop up window will appear informing you that proceeding will erase all data in the volumes Click Yes to proceed An information message with the progress bar will appear indicating the current status of the RAID configuration When conf
6. This mode which requires four disk drives offers the striping of RAID O with the full redundancy and reliability of RAID 1 In RAID 10 mode you will have access to a combined two drive RAID O system For example if you are using four 100 GB drives you will have access to a 200 GB RAID O system When four disks are inserted and the RAID mode m GB ma AN 0 Disk 1 Disk M Disk 3 Ll 100GB 100GB 100GB 10068 switches are set to RAID 1 10 configuration the enclosure will be set to RAID 10 mode RAID 3 RAID 3 stripes data in bytes across all the disk drives installed in the enclosure with one of the drives dedicated for parity data Parity makes it easier to recover lost data if one of the RAID drives is damaged In this mode the maximum accessible capacity will be the total number of drives minus one drive RAID 5 RAID 5 stripes data in blocks with parity across a minimum of three drives This mode is similar to RAID O but with parity data distributed among the drives installed in the enclosure In this mode the maximum accessible capacity will be the total number of drives minus one drive Ea GB LAG e 0 Disk 1 od 2 m 100GB 100GB 100 GB ka GB kail eN 0 Disk 1 Ml 2 mia 100GB 1006B 100GB Me mW Like RAID O and RAID 1 modes RAID 5 mode is compatible with drives of different capacities although the capacity will be limited to the smallest of the disk drives For exam
7. d gt on gt gf HW RAID Manager XCELLON Qe Basic RAID Configuration Controller 1 No Raid Name vel Capacity Dis Configure RAID X 1 ORICO H W RAIDO RAIDO 298 00 GB D1 4 b D 9 9 y lt x KA See KID RRA RR RR RR 2 RA OI 8 oS Soc 4 Click Apply to begin creating or deleting the RAID system 5 A pop up window will appear informing you that proceeding will erase all data in the volumes Click Yes to continue An information message with a progress bar will appear indicating the current status of the RAID configuration When configuration is complete you likely will need to need to format your hard disks DE cuon Advanced Mode Email Notification and Event Settings This feature is not yet supported It will be available with future firmware updates Advanced RAID Configuration In this mode you can select specific disk drives to configure in a RAID system rather than configuring all of them in a single RAID system For example you can have two disks in a RAID 1 system and three disks in a RAID 5 system The RAID mode options are O 1 Large Span Big 3 Clone 5 and 10 You can also create a JBOD system by deleting the current RAID mode For more information on RAID modes see below We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the advantages of each RAID mode before making a selection RAID O 500 GB Total RAID O mode stripes data
8. iguration is complete you may need to format your hard disks To delete a RAID system follow these steps l Go to Basic Mode gt RAID and Dlsk Information and select the desired controller from the tree view in the left column E Go to Advanced Mode gt Advanced RAID Configuration In the Controller column on the left click the radio button labeled Delete RAID 3 In the same column under the Delete RAID header click the check box next to the system s you want to delete When you click the check box the corresponding drives will appear with crosshatches and the RAID systems will appear in red text with an X mark 7 A m HW RAID Manager XCELLON i Advanced RAID Configuration No Raid Name Raid Level ty pisi IRE BAN X 1 ORICOH WRAIDS RAIDS 465 69GB D1 O Create RAID Delete RAID Delete RAID ORICO H W RAID5 V 465 69 68 m ORICO H w RAD 149 00 GB Support Password pt 4 Click the Apply button to begin deleting the RAID system 5 A pop up window will appear informing you that proceeding will erase all data in the volumes Click Yes to continue Gon An information message with a progress bar will appear indicating the current status of the operation When the RAID configuration is deleted you may need to format your hard disks Firmware Information When firmware updates are available you can update
9. ple if you are using two 100 GB drives and a 250 GB drive then the 250 GB will be limited to the smaller 100 GB capacity and it will be as if you are using three 100 GB drives The total amount of accesible storage space will be 200 GB Normal In Normal mode all the disk drives installed in the enclosure function independently of one another Large Span Big l 00 GB a a Span mode links all the disk drives installed in the enclosure so the disks on a a ae a ann function as a single drive with combined Storage space This mode is similar to RAID O mode but it does not stripe the data iinis 100GB 100GB 100GB 1006B8 100GB Clone Clone mode creates an exact copy or a clone of your disk onto the other disks Disk O in the system While not a true RAID mode this mode offers redundancy and data security similar to the mirroring of a RAID 1 system Cloning makes it easier to recover lost data if one of the drives is damaged In clone mode only one of the drives will be accessible E 35008 When using clone mode you can use disk drives Disk _ Disk 2 a 3 of varying capacities although the capacity will be limited to the smallest of the disk drives For example if you are using a 250 GB and two 500 GB drives then the 500 GB drives will be limited to the smaller 250 GB capacity and you will have access to a single 250 GB drive e900B 250GB 5068 gt on Before configuring the RAI
10. your Xcellon RAID System s firmware from this tab The Tab displays the selected controller s product name and firmware version as well as the manufacturer and flash number To update the firmware follow these steps L When firmware is available go to www xcellongear com to download the firmware update Open the Xcellon HW RAID Manager software Go to Basic Mode gt RAID and Disk Information and select the controller you want to update Go to Advanced Mode gt Firmware Information Click Browse to locate and select the firmware Click Update to install the new firmware A progress bar will appear onscreen to display the status of the update After the firmware is successfully updated a pop up box will appear informing you that you should restart your RAID system Click OK to proceed Safely eject your RAID system from your computer and reboot your Xcellon RAID system RAID Settings Before configuring these settings select the d Mode RAID and Disk Information esired RAID system by going to Basic R 30 CELLON HW RAID Manager RAID Stand by Timer Settings Please enter a value between 0 and 10922 minutes 5 minute s RAID Rebuild Priority Settings Please select a value from the slider Low In RAID Standby Timer Settings you can set how long you want your RAID controller to remain idle before it enters standby mode Use the
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