Thecus 1U4500S Leaflet
Migrating a RAID
Once a RAID volume has been created, you
may want to move it to other physical drives
or change the RAID array all together. To
or change the RAID array all together. To
migrate a RAID 0, RAID 1, or RAID 5
volume, follow the steps below:
volume, follow the steps below:
1. From the RAID Configuration screen,
click Migrate RAID.
2. A list of possible RAID migration
configurations will be listed. Select
the desired migration scheme and
the desired migration scheme and
click OK.
3. The system will begin migrating the RAID volume.
Migrating a RAID volume could take several hours to complete
NOTE
Below is a table listing of possible RAID migration schemes:
To
From
RAID 0
RAID 5
RAID 0
[RAID 0] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx3
[RAID 0] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx4
[RAID 0] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx5
[RAID 0] HDDx3 to [RAID 0] HDDx4
[RAID 0] HDDx3 to [RAID 0] HDDx5
[RAID 0] HDDx4 to [RAID 0] HDDx5
[RAID 0] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx4
[RAID 0] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx5
[RAID 0] HDDx3 to [RAID 0] HDDx4
[RAID 0] HDDx3 to [RAID 0] HDDx5
[RAID 0] HDDx4 to [RAID 0] HDDx5
[RAID 0] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx3
[RAID 0] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx4
[RAID 0] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx5
[RAID 0] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx4
[RAID 0] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx5
[RAID 0] HDDx4 to [RAID 5] HDDx5
[RAID 0] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx4
[RAID 0] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx5
[RAID 0] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx4
[RAID 0] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx5
[RAID 0] HDDx4 to [RAID 5] HDDx5
RAID 1
[RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx2
[RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx3
[RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx4
[RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx5
[RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx3
[RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx4
[RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 0] HDDx5
[RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx3
[RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx4
[RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx5
[RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx4
[RAID 1] HDDx2 to [RAID 5] HDDx5
RAID 5
X
[RAID 5] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx4
[RAID 5] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx5
[RAID 5] HDDx4 to [RAID 5] HDDx5
[RAID 5] HDDx3 to [RAID 5] HDDx5
[RAID 5] HDDx4 to [RAID 5] HDDx5
Deleting a RAID
To delete a RAID volume, follow the steps below:
1. On the RAID List screen, select the RAID volume by clicking on its radio
button, and click RAID Config to open the RAID Configuration screen.
2. On the RAID Configuration screen, click Remove RAID.
3. The confirmation screen appear, you will have to input “Yes” with exactly
wording case to complete “Remove RAID” operation
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Removing RAID destroys all data in the current RAID volume. The data
is unrecoverable.
WARNING