Thecus 1U4500S Leaflet

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To configure your RAID settings, press the RAID Config button to go to the 
RAID Configuration screen. 
 
RAID Information 
Item Description 
Select 
Used to select the current RAID volume. 
Master RAID 
The RAID volume currently designated as the Master RAID 
volume. 
ID 
ID of the current RAID volume.  
NOTE: All RAID IDs must be unique. 
RAID Level 
Shows the current RAID configuration. 
Status 
Indicates status of the RAID. Can read either Healthy
Degraded, or Damaged
Disks Used 
Hard disks used to form the current RAID volume. 
Total Capacity 
Total capacity of the current RAID. 
Data Capacity 
Indicates the used capacity and total capacity used by user 
data. 
USB Capacity 
Indicates the capacity allocated to USB target mode. 
iSCSI Capacity 
Indicates the capacity allocated to iSCSI. 
RAID Config 
Press this to configure RAID volumes. 
Space Allocation 
Press this to adjust the space allocated for data, USB target 
mode, and iSCSI. 
RAID Configuration 
On the RAID List screen, press the RAID 
Config button to go to the RAID 
Configuration screen. In addition to RAID 
disk information and status, this screen lets 
you make RAID configuration settings.  
 
For more information on RAID, see 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
RAID Level 
You can set the storage volume as JBODRAID 0RAID 1RAID 5, RAID 6 or 
RAID 10
. RAID configuration is usually required only when you first set up the 
device. A brief description of each RAID setting follows: 
 
RAID Levels 
Level Description 
JBOD 
The storage volume is a single HDD with no RAID support. JBOD 
requires a minimum of 1 disk. 
RAID 0 
Provides data striping but no redundancy. Improves 
performance but not data safety. RAID 0 requires a minimum of 
2 disks. 
RAID 1 
Offers disk mirroring. Provides twice the read rate of single 
disks, but same write rate. RAID 1 requires a minimum of 2 
disks. 
RAID 5 
Data striping and stripe error correction information provided. 
RAID 5 requires a minimum of 3 disks. RAID 5 can sustain one 
failed disk. 
 
 
 
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