Gateway 860 User Manual

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Chapter 5: System Management
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RAID Configuration
This utility lets you change the default RAID configuration, such as the system 
volume size and the RAID level of your hard drive. 
To change the RAID configuration:
1
Insert the 860 SATA NAS Restoration CD into the CD drive. The Setup menu 
appears.
2
Select 
RAID Configuration
. The original system volume size is displayed. The 
program prompts you to change the configuration of the system volume.
3
Select 
Y
.
4
Enter a number to specify how many gigabytes will be allocated to the 
system volume, then press E
NTER
. If the number you entered is 0, the 
program prompts you to enter the new capacity again.
The program asks you to confirm the change.
5
Press Y and press E
NTER
 to make the change, or press N and press E
NTER
 
to abort.
The original data volume RAID level is displayed. The program prompts 
you to change the configuration of the data volume.
6
Press Y and press E
NTER
 to change the configuration, or press N and press 
E
NTER
 to abort. The program prompts you with the available RAID levels 
to set for the data volume.
Caution
Using the RAID Configuration utility erases all data 
previously saved in the hard drives. Make sure that you 
back up important files before starting the configuration 
process.
Important
If you change the system volume size, you should restart 
the NAS.
If you set the data volume to RAID 5, the initialization 
process is performed in the background and takes several 
hours to complete. During this process, you can shut down 
and restart the NAS, and access the data volume.