Areca controllers
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Useful commands
./V1.72.250_70306/x86_64/cli64 vsf info ./V1.72.250_70306/x86_64/cli64 disk info ./V1.72.250_70306/x86_64/cli64 rsf info
Alternatives is V1.72.250_70306 is not installed
/usr/sbin/areca_cli disk info
Raid Setup
- Press TAB/F6 when prompted at the boot to enter the Areca controller setup menu
- Press the password when prompted
- In Raid System Function enable the HDD SMART Status Polling option
- In Raid Set Function create a Raid Set for each RAID array you forsee. Notice that a Raid Set here means just a collection of disks. For a RAID 6 array, we advice to choose an even number of disks with a preference of 12. (e.g.: for a system with 24 disks : 2 OS disks in RAID 1 + 10 disks in RAID 6 + 12 disks in RAID6)
- In Volume Set Function there you actually create the RAID array.
- For a OS (RAID 1 mirroring):
- Use the default setup
- Choose Foreground build (the fastest)
- For a Storage RAID array:
- Set 64 Bit LBA
- Set 128K Stripe
- Choose Foreground build
- For a OS (RAID 1 mirroring):