LaCie 12big Rack Storage Server Manual De Usuario

LaCie Quick Install Guide 

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c.  For each array to create, click the 

Create Array Group

 button.

3.  When all arrays have been created, click 

Next

.

4.  In the 

Virtual Disk Properties

 screen, modify default settings as fol-

lows in order to achieve best performance: 

a. 

RAID level:

 RAID 6 for the best protection and RAID 5 for the 

best protection/cost-per-TB ratio). 

b. 

Initialization state:

 Full initialization

c. 

Stripe size:

 256KB minimum

d. 

Read policy:

 Always Read Ahead

e. 

Write policy:

 Always write back

f. 

I/O policy:

 Direct IO

g. 

Access policy:

 Read Write

h. 

Disk cache policy:

 Enabled

i. 

Click 

Create Virtual Drive

 for each one you want to create. 

Settings might be modified using 

Update Virtual Drive

 button.

5.  Click 

Next

 when finished.

6.  Review the configuration shown in the 

Virtual Disk Summary

 win-

dow. If you want to change something, click 

Back

 and change the 

configuration parameters. Otherwise, click 

Finish

 to accept the con-

figuration and start the initialization process (unless you selected 

No 

Initialization

 above).

1.  To access your drive configuration, launch 

Server Manager

 from 

the 

Windows Start Menu

 and select 

Storage > Disk Management

.

2.  The 

Initialize Disk

 window should appear.  If not, right-click the de-

sired disk and select 

Initialize Disk

.

3.  Select 

GPT

 if your volume is greater than 2TB (GUID Partition Table) 

and click 

OK

. 

4.  Right-click on the desired disk and select 

New simple volume

.

5.  When formatting is completed, the disk should appear as 

Healthy

. 

The logical volume is now mounted and should appear in your Windows 
Explorer.

If you need assistance to configure SMB and NFS shares, please refer to 
associated technical paper available on the LaCie website and on product 
CD:

12big Rack Storage Server is delivered with pre installed Extreme Z-IP 
to allow Mac compatibility and Time Machine backup configuration. For 
more details, please refer to documentation available on product CD or 
in 

Start Menu > Programs > Extreme Z-IP

.