This article is one in a series to assist in the setup, troubleshooting, and maintenance of Cisco Small Business products (formerly Linksys Business Series). Q. How do I create RAID arrays on the NSS2000?A. Creating RAID Arrays on the NSS2000 The NSS2000 supports JBOD, RAID1 and RAID0. Step 1:
Access the web interface of the NSS2000. For instructions on how to access the web interface, click here . Step 2:
Once, logged in click on Storage > RAID. Step 3:
Under the New RAID Device section, check the SATA drives listed. Step 4:
On RAID Level, select the desired RAID level from the drop-down menu.
JBOD (Just Bunch of Disks) - Linear; treats each drive as a stand-alone disk.
RAID 0 - Bit Striping; Volume stores data in stripes on two or more physical disks. Data in a striped volume is allocated alternately and evenly in stripes to these disks.
RAID 1 - Mirroring; It writes data to two disk simultaneously. It uses fault tolerance driver to simultaneously write the same data to the volume of member on each of two physical disks.
Step 5:
Click Add to start creating the array. 
Updated: Jan 26, 2009 Document ID: 109525 |
