Web browser-based configuration – DATOptic ARC-1680 Series User Manual

Page 127

Advertising
background image

127

WEB BROWSER-BASED CONFIGURATION

Volume Name

The default volume name will always appear as “ARC-1680-

VOL”. You can rename the volume set providing it does not

exceed the 15 characters limit.

Volume Raid Level

Set the RAID level for the volume set. Highlight the desired

RAID Level and press Enter key.

The available RAID levels for the current volume set are

displayed. Select a RAID level and press Enter key to confirm.

Capacity

The maximum volume size is the default initial setting. Enter

the appropriate volume size to fit your application.

Greater Two TB Volume Support

If volume capacity will exceed Two TB, controller will show the

"Greater Two TB Volume Support" sub-menu. Greater Two TB

Volume Support option: No and 64bit LBA.

For more details please download PDF file from ftp://ftp.

areca.com.tw/RaidCards/Documents/Manual_Spec/

Over2TB_050721.zip

Initialization Mode

Press Enter key to define “Background Initialization”, “Fore-

ground Initialization” or “No Init (To Rescue Volume)”. When

“Background Initialization”, the initialization proceeds as a

background task, the volume set is fully accessible for system

reads and writes. The operating system can instantly access to

the newly created arrays without requiring a reboot and waiting

the initialization complete. When “Foreground Initialization”, the

initialization proceeds must be completed before the volume

set ready for system accesses. There is no initialization happed

when you select “No Init” option. “No Init“ is for customer to

rescue volume without losing data in the disk.

Stripe Size

This parameter sets the size of the stripe written to each disk

in a RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 6, 50 or 60 logical drive. You can set the

stripe size to 4 KB, 8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB, 64 KB, 128 KB, 256 KB,

512 KB, or 1M. A larger stripe size produces better read per-

Advertising