Contec SPI-8451-LVA - Manual (Page 66)

6. RAID Controller
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Using Array Pull-down Menu
At the bottom of the Array window, it indicates to right-click on an Array to perform synchronization or
rebuild operations. Right-clicking displays the following pull-down menu:
From this menu, users may choose to have the window Always Appear on Top of applications,
Minimize, Synchronize mirrored drives, Rebuild a mirrored array, use About to check FastCheck
version#, or Exit the on screen window.
Synchronizing an Array
Synchronization is a periodic maintenance procedure for Mirroring (RAID 1) arrays to maintain data
consistency on all mirrored drives. In operation, array synchronization compares data on the mirrored
drives for any differences. If there are differences detected, data from the primary drive(s) is
automatically copied to the secondary drive(s). This assures that all mirrored drives will contain the
exact information.
CAUTION
You may instead choose to schedule array synchronization automatically under the Options Tab view
versus manually initiating synchronization