Problem:
Changing from RAID-0 to RAID-1 on a My Book Studio II under Windows XP SP3 connected via 1394a (FireWire 400) fails to complete. Disk Management cannot be opened, and Cannot restart as well (Windows Freeze).
Cause:
The cause of this issue is unknown.
Resolution:
To resolve this issue, please connect the My Book Studio II via USB or 1394b (FireWire800) and perform the RAID change again.
RAID (redundant array of independent disks) is a method of using multiple hard disk drives to act as one. RAID is used to increase hard drive speed and storage capacity, prevent data loss in the event that one of the disks in the array physically fails, or both. As far as the operating system concerned, a RAID array will appear to be a single logical drive. RAID uses a method called striping in which the drives are broken down into small partitions. These partitions, called stripes, are distributed such that each successive stripe is on a different drive.
Important: There are many different…
Why can’t my OneTouch III Turbo 600GB drive be configured with a RAID 1 (Mirrored) volume?
The intial release of the OneTouch III Turbo 600GB Drive were available with a RAID 0 (Striped) volume only. Products in question that solely possess RAID 0 capability have a Kit Number that starts with "G0".
Later releases of the OneTouch III Turbo 600GB are available with RAID 0/1 capabilities. 600GB products with RAID 1 functionality have Kit Numbers that start with "C0". All OneTouch III Turbo 1TB models are avaible with RAID 0/1 capability.
While it’s not possible to determine if a OneTouch III Turbo…
The Maxtor Onetouch III Turbo drive will be released as a 600 gigabyte (GB) RAID 0 model, and a 1 terabyte (1 TB, 1000 GB) RAID 0/1 model.
RAID 1 can now be used with the OneTouch III Turbo 600 GB models with updated installation software.
Highlights
- User-configurable RAID solution
- Use RAID 0 for high performance disk striping or RAID 1 for automatic mirroring
- Up to 1 TB storage capacity
- FireWire® 800 for fast data transfer
- Oxford 924 chipset
- Pre-formatted for Mac; easily formatted for Windows®
- Available in RAID 0 only, and RAID 0 / RAID 1 (user configurable) configurations.
What does this mean?
Maxtor OneTouch III Turbo drives…
Problem:
Changing from RAID-0 to RAID-1 on a My Book Studio II under Windows XP SP3 connected via 1394a (FireWire 400) fails to complete. Disk Management cannot be opened, and Cannot restart as well (Windows Freeze).
Cause:
The cause of this issue is unknown.
Resolution:
To resolve this issue, please connect the My Book Studio II via USB or 1394b (FireWire800) and perform the RAID change again.
Note: A RAID 0 array is not fault tolerant. It is recommended that you backup any important data that you decide to store on the array.
To create a RAID 0 array please follow the steps below:
- With the computer powered off, follow the instructions for installing the RAID controller correctly and connect both Serial ATA hard drives to the controller.
- Boot your computer with the controller and drives already installed.
- Watch your boot screens for a prompt that will ask you to press the Control and F keys at the same time to enter the Fastbuild utility and press those keys to enter.
- Press the 1 key to enter…
All WD ShareSpace drives support Spanning, RAID-0 (Striping), RAID-1 (Mirroring), and RAID-5 (Redundancy with parity). Each RAID mode may or may not be available for usage based upon how many internal hard drives are installed in the enclosure.
Please Note: Depending on how the WD ShareSpace RAID is setup, that RAID array may not be recoverable from a drive failure.
Qty of 2 – 1TB internal hard drives:
- RAID-0 – 2TB – (Not recoverable)
- RAID-1 – 1TB – (Recoverable)
- RAID-5 – (Not Supported)
Qty of 3 – 1TB internal hard drives:
- Spanning – 3TB – (Non recoverable)
- RAID-0 – 3TB – (Non recoverable)
- RAID-1 – (Not Supported)…
Advantages of RAID
RAID is an acronym for Redundant Array of independent Disks. With RAID enabled on a storage system you can connect two or more drives in the system so that they act like one big fast drive or set them up so that one drive in the system is used to automatically and instantaneously duplicate (or mirror) your data for real-time backup.
There are three reasons you might want a RAID system of drives.
- You need tons of storage space and you need it to be fast. (RAID 0)
- You want to instantaneously and automatically backup your data. (RAID 1)
- You want both. (RAID 5)
Which…
The following procedure provides the steps necessary to configure a RAID 0 Volume on your Onetouch III Turbo Edition using the Maxtor OneTouch Manager for Mac:
- Open the Maxtor OneTouch Manager.
- From the main menu, select the OneTouch III Turbo drive and click select Settings.
- From the Setting screen, click the RAID tab.
- To create the mirror, click the RAID 0 for Speed button.
All data currently on the OneTouch III Turbo drive will be erased during this process. It is recommended that you backup any/all data stored on your OneTouch III Turbo drive before continuing.
Click Erase to proceed.
If prompted, enter your…
RAID 0 is also commonly referred to as "striping". RAID 0 is known for speed. When data is written to the RAID 0 volume, it is written to all drives striped together at the same time. Think of each interface as a water hose and the volume as the bucket; the bucket will fill faster if multiple water hoses are filling it at the same time. The same holds true for striping – data writes faster to the volume because it is being written through more than one drive interface.
The downside to RAID 0 volumes is the fact that…
