HP mv5150 HP MV2120, MV5020, MV5140, MV5150 Media Vault - User's Guide - Page 129

This indicates that the hard drive has been installed, but has not been initialized. To add a hard drive to total storage 1 At the computer, click Start, All Programs, HP Media Vault, and then Control Center. 2 On the Tools tab, click Customize HP Media Vault. You are prompted for an administrator name and password if you set one up. For additional information, see Editing System Settings on page 2-26. 3 On the Disks tab, locate the internal disk you want to add. 4 Click Add. 5 Select an option for allocating the disk space. Caution: It is important to select the storage space allocation option with care. Changing how the storage space is allocated later may require you to transfer all of the files to a separate device and reformat the drives. ƒ Allocate disk to make current storage mirrored (protects current storage, RAID 1) - adds the internal drive as mirrored storage space. The type of mirroring supported on the Media Vault is called Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) RAID-1. In RAID-1 mirroring, an identical copy of data written to one hard disk is written to a second hard disk. Mirroring disks reduces your total hard disk storage capacity by half. The advantage is that if one hard disk fails, you have a copy of your data on the second hard disk. ƒ Allocate disk to expand current storage (increases current storage) - combines the available space from the system drive and the internal hard drive to make one large logical disk. The drive space is not mirrored. If a non-mirrored drive fails, the files stored on the failed drive are lost. If a drive is removed from the HP Media Vault, the system is not operational until the drive is replaced. 6 Click Accept. 10-