FAQ: RAID 1 Setup for a XDI recorder

Issue:

Putting new drives into the recorder and wanting to set up RAID 1 redundancy. 

Pre-Requisite:

• Hard disks must have the same capacity and be the same model number.
• The drives installed into the recorder.
• If using the drives already being used in the recorder.  Creating a Mirror will wipe all data off of them.  Please make sure there is no data needed off these disks before proceeding.

Solution:

1. You have to be in front of the recorder in order to set this up.  Move your mouse to the bottom right corner of the screen and select Setup.
2. Click on System and then Storage.
3. This menu is broken up into 2 tables.  The bottom table is for Mirroring. Click the Setup column for the No. line that you would like to configure.
   
4. A new window will appear.  In the drop-down select Mirror and click OK. Note: Once you click OK the 2 drives will start the formatting process erasing all data from the drives. 
   
5. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 until all the drives are completed.
6. Click OK at the bottom and then Save.
7. Power cycle the Recorder by navigating to System and the General.  Click System Shutdown.
8. A count-down prompt will open.  Pull the power plug when the message asks you to.  
9. Wait 10 seconds and plug the recorder back into power.

The drives are now in RAID one.  To verify you can go back to Setup>System>Storage and see that the Information should be Mirroring in the bottom table and the top table will only have half the total drives installed listed.