This document describes how to configure RAID on Vess A-Series Appliance 

for Milestone XProtect VMS.

Topology

This topology can be used if UPS support is available, create one file system for the LiveDB and Archive.

[RAID10]

How to configure RAID10 disk array with (Stripe size:1MB,Allocation unit size:64K)

Double click WebPAM ProE icon on the desktop to launch Promise GUI

Enter default username and password: administrator/password 

Click Disk Arrays > Create > Advanced Configuration > Next

Select ID1 ~ ID16 for create RAID10

Select RAID10 and click Update

Select Stripe to 1MB and click Update and Next

Click OK

Go to Windows Manage > Disk Management > Click GPT and OK

By right click the Unallocated volume > New Simple Volume

Next > Next > Next and then change Allocation unit size to 64K > Finish

D:\ is ready to use

 

[RAID5]

How to configure RAID5+spare disk array with (Stripe size:1MB,Allocation unit size:64K)

Click Disk Arrays > Create > Advanced Configuration > Next

Select ID1 ~ ID15 for creating RAID5, left ID16 for spare dirve use

Select RAID5 and Stripe size to 1MB and click Update

Click OK

Go to Spare Drives > Create > check Revertible > Select ID16 for spare drive and click Update

Go to Windows Manage > Disk Management > Click GPT and OK

By right click the Unallocated volume > New Simple Volume

Next > Next > Next and then change Allocation unit size to 64K > Finish

D:\ is ready to use