ASRock ALiveSATA2-GLAN RAID Installation Guide - Page 12

Check All Disks, 2.4 Verify Mirror Disk

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3. A message box will pop up to prompt user that the disk array has been deleted successfully and ask user whether to restart the computer. Click "Yes" to restart the computer or click "No" to skip the restarting. New setting will take effect only after restarting. Warning: Deleting a disk array will destroy all the data on the disk array except RAID 1. When a RAID is deleted, the data on these two hard disk drives will be reserved. 2.2.3. Check All Disks You can check if all the disk drives work normally by clicking button. After you complete the checking, a dialog window will pop up to show each disk's current status as following picture. Your hard disk drive must be compatible with ATA/ATAPI-5 specifications and support SMART commands; otherwise the checking will fail. 2.2.4 Verify Mirror Disk Data on the mirror disk must be the same as its corresponding source disk to provide fault tolerance for RAID 1. 1. Select a RAID 1. Right-click the selected RAID, and then a shortcut menu will appear. Click "Verify Mirror" to verify whether the source and the mirror disks are identical. 12

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3.
A message box will pop up to prompt user that the disk array has been deleted successfully and ask user whether to restart the computer.
Click “Yes” to restart the computer or click “No” to skip the restarting. New setting will take effect only after restarting.
Warning:
Deleting a disk array will destroy all the data on the disk array except RAID 1. When a RAID is deleted, the data on these two hard disk drives will be
reserved.
2.2.3.
Check All Disks
You can check if all the disk drives work normally by clicking button. After you complete the checking, a dialog window will pop up to show each
disk’s current status as following picture.
Your hard disk drive must be compatible with ATA/ATAPI-5 specifications and support SMART commands; otherwise the checking will fail.
2.2.4 Verify Mirror Disk
Data on the mirror disk must be the same as its corresponding source disk to provide fault tolerance for RAID 1.
1.
Select a RAID 1. Right-click the selected RAID, and then a shortcut menu will appear. Click “Verify Mirror” to verify whether the source and
the mirror disks are identical.