Once
a hard drive is created, the type cannot be changed.Hard drives are created as one of two types: Protected Drive and UnProtected Drive.
Once
a hard drive is created, the type cannot be changed.
In this topic:
A protected drive provides uninterrupted access to data in case of hardware failure.
When creating protected drives, physical
disks are added as pairs.
If the physical disks are different sizes, the size difference must be
no more than 128 MB. The size of the protected drive will be the
size of the smaller physical disk in the pair; any additional space will
not be usable.
To create a protected drive:
1 In
the Task Pane, under Drive
Harmony Tasks, click Create
Protected Drive.
2 A box
with a list of all unpartitioned physical disks will appear. In the list
of disks, check two physical disks to use in the hard drive.
Once physical disks are added to a
hard drive, they cannot be removed without destroying
the hard drive.
3 Click
Create Drive. The drive will
be formatted and assigned the first available drive letter after the c:\
drive. The drive will be assigned a name of ProtectedDrive with the first
available number appended (ProtectedDrive1, ProtectedDrive2 and so on).
While the request is being processed, a message with progress bar will
be displayed.
4 After
the drive is created, it will appear in the List
View. The drive will be initialized and synchronized to prepare
it for use. The progress of the initialization is displayed in parenthesis
in the Size column. As the initialization
progresses, more space on the drive can be utilized. When initialization
is complete, the initialization information will disappear.
5 In the
List View, click the drive to
view details and the protection status of the protected drive
in the Details Pane. The protection
status (shown circled below) displays the various synchronization
stages of the physical disks in the drive. The stages are (1) OutofSync,
(2) Synchronizing, and (3) Protected. See Monitoring
Drive Status for more information.
The drive is not protected until the
protection status is Protected. Synchronization
can require a considerable amount of time (hours); the length of time
will depend on the size and speed of the physical disks.
6 When a sufficient amount of space has been initialized, the hard drive is ready for use. Under Server Folders and Hard Drives in the dashboard, a Server Folder can be created for the hard drive.
Do
not alter the hard drive
in Windows Disk Management; this can result in data loss.
An unprotected drive can be extended when needed, but does not provide the benefit of uninterrupted access to data in case of hardware failure.
To create an unprotected drive:
1 In
the Task Pane, under Drive
Harmony Tasks, click Create
UnProtected Drive.
2 A list
of all unpartitioned physical disks will appear. In the list of disks,
check one or more physical disks to use in the hard drive.
Once physical disks are added to a
hard drive, they cannot be removed without destroying
the hard drive.
3 Click
Create Drive. The drive will
be formatted and assigned the first available drive letter after the c:\
drive. The drive will be assigned a name of UnProtectedDrive with the
first available number appended (UnProtectedDrive1, UnProtectedDrive2
and so on).
While the request is being processed, a message with progress bar will
be displayed.
4 After
the drive is created, it will appear in the List
View. The drive will be initialized and synchronized to prepare
it for use. The progress of the initialization is displayed in parenthesis
in the Size column. As the initialization
progresses, more space on the drive can be utilized. When initialization
is complete, the initialization information will disappear.
5 When a sufficient amount of space has been initialized, the hard drive is ready for use. Under Server Folders and Hard Drives in the dashboard, a Server Folder can be created for the hard drive. Also see Monitoring Drive Status for more information.
Do
not alter the hard drive
in Windows Disk Management; this can result in data loss.
