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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. |