Areca ARC-1130 User Manual

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In “Raid Set Function”, you can use the “Create Raid Set Function” 

to generate a new RAID set. In “Volume Set Function”, you can 

use the “Create Volume Set function” to generate an associated 

volume set and and configuration parameters. 

If the current controller has unused physical devices connected, 

you can choose the “Create Hot Spare” option in the “Raid Set 

Function” to define a global hot spare. Select this method to con-

figure new raid sets and volume sets. The “Raid Set/Volume Set 

Function” configuration option allows you to associate volume sets 

with partial and full RAID sets.

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The capacity for the current volume set is entered after highlighting the 

desired  RAID level and pressing the Enter key.

The capacity for the current volume set is displayed. Use the UP and 

DOWN arrow keys to set the capacity of the volume set and press the 

Enter key to confirm. The available stripe sizes for the current volume 

set are then displayed.

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Use the UP and DOWN arrow keys to select the current volume set 

stripe size and press the Enter key to confirm. This parameter specifies 

the size of the stripes written to each disk in a RAID 0, 1, 5 or 6 Volume 

Set. You can set the stripe size to 4 KB, 8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB, 64 KB, or 

128 KB. A larger stripe size provides better read performance, especially 

when the computer preforms mostly sequential reads. However, if the 

computer preforms random read requests more often, choose a smaller 

stripe size.

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When you are finished defining the volume set, press the Enter key to 

confirm the Quick Volume And Raid Set Setup function.

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Foreground (Fast Completion) Press Enter key to define fast initialization 

or Selected the Background (Instant Available). In the background Ini-

tialization, 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. In Fast Initialization, the 

initialization proceeds must be completed before the volume set ready 

for system accesses.

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Initialize the volume set you have just configured.

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If you need to add additional volume set, using main menu Create Vol-

ume Set function.