APC iSCSI SATA II User Manual
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4.2 RG Migration
To migrate the RAID level, please follow below procedures.
1. Select “/ Volume configuration / RAID group”.
2. Move the mouse pointer to the gray button next to the RG number; click
“Migrate”.
3. Change the RAID level by clicking the down arrow to “RAID 5”. There will
be a pup-up which indicates that HDD is not enough to support the new
setting of RAID level, click “
setting of RAID level, click “
” to increase hard drives,
then click “
“ to go back to setup page. When doing
migration to lower RAID level, such as the original RAID level is RAID 6 and
user wants to migrate to RAID 0, system will evaluate whether this
user wants to migrate to RAID 0, system will evaluate whether this
operation is safe or not, and appear a message of "Sure to migrate to a
lower protection array?” to give user warning.
lower protection array?” to give user warning.
4. Double check the setting of RAID level and RAID PD slot. If there is no
problem, click “
“.
5. Finally a confirmation page shows the detail of RAID information. If there is
no problem, click “
“ to start migration. System also
pops up a message of “Warning: power lost during migration may
cause damage of data!” to give user warning. When the power is
cause damage of data!” to give user warning. When the power is
abnormally off during the migration, the data is in high risk.