Areca ARC-1130 User Manual

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Quick Volume / Raid Setup Configuration collects all available 

drives and includes them in a RAID set. The RAID set you create 

is associated with exactly one volume set. You will only be able 

to modify the default RAID level, the stripe size, and the capacity 

of the new volume set. Designating drives as Hot Spares is also 

possible in the raid level selection option. The volume set default 

settings will be:

Parameter

Setting

Volume Name

Volume Set # 00

SCSI Channel/SCSI ID/SCSI LUN

0/0/0

Cache Mode

Write Back

Tag Queuing

Yes

The default setting values can be changed after configuration is 

complete. Follow the steps below to create arrays using the RAID 

Set / Volume Set method:

1

Choose Quick Volume /Raid Setup from the main menu. The available 

RAID levels with hot spare for the current volume set drive are displayed.

2

It is recommend that you drives of the same capacity in a specific array. 

If you use drives with different capacities in an array, all drives in the 

raid set will be set to the capacity of the smallest drive in the raid set.

The numbers of physical drives in a specific array determines which RAID 

levels that can be implemented in the array.

RAID 0 requires 1 or more physical drives.

RAID 1 requires at least 2 physical drives.

RAID 1+Spare requires at least 3 physical drives.

RAID 1E requires at least 4 physical drives.

RAID 3 requires at least 3 physical drives. 

RAID 5 requires at least 3 physical drives.

RAID 3 +Spare requires at least 4 physical drives.

RAID 5 + Spare requires at least 4 physical drives.

RAID 6 requires at least 4 physical drives.

RAID 6 + Spare requires at least 5 physical drives.

Highlight the desired RAID level for the volume set and press the Enter 

key to confirm.