Raid Admin Utility


Raid Admin utility lets you set up and configure your Xserve RAID units. Install the application from the provided CD, or download the latest version from www.apple.com. Once it is installed, you will be able to connect to your RAID via an Ethernet connection. Each controller on the RAID has one Ethernet port. It is necessary to connect to only one of the controllers in order to configure and set up your RAID.

When you first take your Xserve RAID out of the box and plug it in, you will notice that the front drive lights are flashing, which means that the drives are creating the data set, and this might take some time. With a fully populated 7 TB RAID, the dataset creation will take approximately 40 hours. Each time you create a RAID set, expect the drives to take some time to do their stuff. The good news: A background formatting option allows you to use the RAID set almost immediately after the initialization has started. Until RAID sets are completely built, however, there will be a slight decrease in read performance.



Apple Pro Training Series. Xsan Quick-Reference Guide
Apple Pro Training Series: Xsan Quick-Reference Guide (2nd Edition)
ISBN: 0321432320
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 120

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