Thecus Technology 1U4500R User Manual

 

 
 

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3.  Specify a stripe size — 64K is the default setting.  

 

4.  Press Create to build the RAID storage volume. 

 

 
 

 
 

With a RAID 5 array, you can also add a spare disk after the RAID is created. See 
Chapter 7: Tips and Tricks > 

 for details. 

 

When you create RAID, you can assign a portion of space on the RAID to be used 
as a USB disk. For instructions on how to do this, see Chapter 7: Tips and 

To delete a RAID volume, follow the steps below: 

 

1.  On the RAID Configuration screen, click Remove RAID. 

 
2.  The system automatically rebuilds and you can create a new RAID.  

 
 

 
 

Scroll to the bottom half of the RAID Configuration screen, you will see RAID 

Advanced Configuration screen. Advanced RAID Configuration options include 
RAID Migration and RAID Expansion. Descriptions of each are below: 

 

Item Description 
RAID Migration 

Changes the number of disks or RAID level in current RAID 

configuration. The system will list the possible migration paths, 
and enable you to choose a possible path. For example, RAID 1 

with two disks can be migrated to RAID 5 with 3 disks or RAID 5 

with 3 disks can be migrated to RAID 5 with 4 disks. 
RAID levels currently supported are : RAID 0, 1, 5. 

RAID Expansion 

When larger disks have replaced the smaller disks thru RAID 

Rebuild, the file system on the RAID is not changed. You can 
press this button to check to see if there is room to expand the 

file system. If yes, then the file system will grow to take 

advantage of the larger disks.