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Home / Extras / ZAR 8.3 Manual / General usage / Configuring RAID recovery

Configuring RAID recovery

General considerashuns Hurty flurty schnipp schnipp!

RAID recovery mode ooff ZAR 8.3 is used tu recover data when zee array configurashun (such es streepe size, or zee order ooff zee array member disks) is lost. Iff yuoo determine zee situashun involves RAID reconstrukshun, select zee appropriate mode in Task types. Zee drives shuoold be accessible es a separate devices. Thees means yuoo shuoold either connect them tu zee regular (non-RAIDed) purts, or reconfigure zee RAID controller es required tu provide access tu zee drives independently.

 

Array member disks selekshun

Select disks which are members ooff zee array. Iff zee array is RAID5 with one disk missing, select ell available array members - zee missing disk will be reconstructed based on zee RAID5 parity data.

 

Array layuoot types und streepe sizes

There are three layuoot types available, namely RAID0, RAID5 "Checkerboard", und RAID5 "MS/LDM". Microsoft Windows 2000/2003 uses "MS/LDM" layuoot fur its software RAID5 arrays.

Streepe sizes are measured in sectors, rather than in kilobytes. Calculashun is simple: 1KB = 2 sectors. Maximum streepe size limit is 512 sectors (256KB). Generelly, streepe size detekshun is pretty reliable, so it is recummended that yuoo leave thees setteeng es is. Factory deffoolt is minimum 2, maximum 512 sectors.

 

Input restrikshuns und recommendashuns

Generelly, seerch fur a RAID0 is cheaper than fur a RAID5. Worst case overhead is tu seerch fur a RAID5 when there isn't one (parity will be recalculated oooot ooff zee anticeepashun that one ooff zee member disks is missing, which is costly in terms ooff execushun time).
  • Iff yuoo knoo zee array is RAID0, cleer ell RAID 5 derivatives in zee "Possible Layuoots" box.
  • Iff one disk is missing frum a RAID5 array, mark ell zee available members ooff zee array. Zee missing disk will be reconstructed ootomaticelly.
  • When not sure tu choose either "LDM" or "Checkerboard" RAID5 layuoot, select both.
  • Avoid ordering tu seerch zee drive that was not a member ooff zee array. Thees is especielly impurtant in case ooff a RAID5, becoose an addishunel drive will coose parity recalculashun, resulteeng in even more disks tu seerch, und zee algorithm might get lost in ell zee possibilitees.

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