Help - Disk


Overview
This screen allows you to maintain the disks in this GNS-2000.

Data
Dis Mode
This indicates the current working mode of Internal Disks. It can be one following modes:
  • Separate Disks
    Disk 1 and Disk 2 work separately (Recommended) .
  • LVM
    Disk 1 and Disk 2 are bound into one logical volume. Total capacity is equal to the capacity of the existing drive(s). To work in this configuration, at least one drive must exist. If this configuration is selected with only one drive installed, the second drive will be configured to extend the capacity of the logical volume when it is installed.
  • Mirroring (Raid 1)
    Disk 1 is mirrored into Disk 2. Total capacity is equal to the capacity of smaller drive. To select this mode, both drives must exist.
  • Striping (Raid 0)
    Disk 1 and Disk 2 are striped into one logical volume. Total capacity is equal to two times the smaller capacity of the two drives. To select this mode, both drives must exist.
Format
This includes status of Internal Disk and USB Disks.
Internal Disk:
  • No Installed   -   No disk is inserted, or connection or disk has failed.
  • Not Formatted   -   Disk has been detected, but it is not ready for use. Use the "Format" button to prepare the disk for use.
  • Formatting -   This message will only be displayed after you have clicked the "Format" button. (See below for details of this button.)
  • Formatted  -   Disk is ready for use.

USB Disks:

  • No Installed   -   No disk is inserted into this USB port.
  • Not Formatted   -   This USB disk hasn't been formatted into FAT or NTFS filesystem. You can click "Format" button to format it.
  • Formatted  -   Disk is ready for use.
S.M.A.R.T.
This can have any of the following values:
  • Not Installed  -   No disk is available.
  • Not Checked  -   No S.M.A.R.T. check has been performed on this drive since system boots up.
  • OK   -   No errors were found in the last test.
  • Going to fail  -   The S.M.A.R.T. check found errors on the drive and the disk is going to fail.

Schedule
Use these fields to set up a schedule to run S.M.A.R.T. check regularly, if desired. The available options are:

  • Never   -   S.M.A.R.T. check will not be scheduled to run.
  • Every Day   -   Select this to have S.M.A.R.T. check to run each day, at the specified time.
  • Every Monday, Every Tuesday, ...   -   Select this to have the scandisk run once per week, on the specified day.

Use the time fields ( hour, minute, am/pm ) to specify when the S.M.A.R.T. check should be performed.

Scandisk
This can have any of the following values:
  • N/A   -   No disk is available.
  • No Scanned -   No Scandisk has been performed recently on this drive.
  • Scanning  -   Scandisk operation is in progress. The disk cannot be used while a Scandisk is in progress. If required, use the "Stop" button to terminate the Scandisk operation and gain access to data on the diks. (To see the results of the Scandisk operation, use the "View Disk Log" button.)
  • Completed  -   The last Scandisk operation has been completed. You can use the "View Disk Log" button to view the results.
  • Terminated   -   The last Scandisk operation was cancelled by the Administrator before it was completed.

Schedule
Use these fields to set up a schedule to run Scandisk regularly, if desired. The available options are:

  • Never   -   Scandisk will not be scheduled to run.
  • Every Day   -   select this to have scandisk run each day, at the specified time.
  • Every Monday, Every Tuesday, ...   -   Select this to have the scandisk run once per week, on the specified day.

Use the time fields ( hour, minute, am/pm ) to specify when the scandisk operation should be performed.

Standby

Use the "Set Hard Disk to standby mode..  " setting to determine if and when the hard disk drives should be switched to "Standby" mode.
Use the "Power off the fan..  " setting to determine if and when the fan should be turned off.

Buttons
Change Click this button to enter the screen of changing Disk Mode.
Format Use this button to format the disk. This will partition and quick-format the new disk.
WARNING !   This will destroy any data on the disk. Once started, this process can NOT be halted or reversed.
S.M.A.R.T.
  • Check   -   Click this button to run the S.M.A.R.T. check immediately.
Scandisk
  • Start -   Click the button to start the Scandisk. The Scandisk could take long time, and the disk is unavailable to users while the Scandisk is in progress.
  • Stop   -   If a Scandisk is in progress, click this button to terminate the Scandisk immediately.
Save Click it to save the modifications in this window.
Cancel Restore the settings on the screen to their values after the last "Save" operation. Clicking "Cancel" has NO EFFECT on any operations in progress.
View Log View the log messages of disk maintenance.