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5.9-4 Creating a RAID 1 (Mirror) Array
♦ SIS180 enables users to create Mirror arrays with 2 drives only.
To create a Mirror array, follow these steps:
1. Press <A> to start creating a RAID array.
2. Press <3> and <Enter> to select Mirror.
3. You will have two selections to create a RAID 1 array. The default
value is <1>. If you select <1>Auto Create, you can create a
RAID 1 array faster and easier. The result after creating will be show
on step 7. Besides, you also can select <2>Manual Create, see
following steps.
4. Use <> <> to select disk, and press <Enter> to select disk, <Q>
to exit. When you press <Enter> on the disk you wanted, the RAID
Type will be changed from Single to RAID 1. The same as RAID 0,
the disk you select first will be the SOURCE disk.
5. Next, you will see a message “Duplicate the SOURCE (DISK x) data
to RAID disks?”. Press <N> and <Enter> to create RAID 1 array
only or press <Y> and <Enter> to duplicate the data from source
disk to mirror disk.