The Error counter will increment for every such occurrence. In a protected array, any single-disk read error will be corrected on-the-fly (using parity reconstruction). The Error statistic displays the number of read and write operations which have failed. The Read and Write statistics display the number of 4096-byte read and write operations that have been performed by the disk.
The free space of a freshly formatted disk will always be less than the disk's raw size because of file system overhead. This is the amount of free space in the disk's file system, expressed as the number of 1024-byte blocks. This is the raw capacity of the hard drive expressed as the number of 1024-byte blocks. This is because sending the command to a hard drive to obtain S.M.A.R.T. When the disk is spun down, there will be an asterisk (*) displayed here instead. This is the temperature reported by the hard drive via S.M.A.R.T. This data is read directly from the hard drive. Blinking: indicates the corresponding disk has been spun-down.Blue: a new disk not currently part of the array.A data disk has this status during Reconstruction. The parity disk has this status when Parity-Sync is taking place. Yellow: the data contents of the actual hard drive are invalid.The significance of the color indicator at the beginning of each line is as follows: The data disks are exported and appear as shares named disk1, disk2, etc., in My Network Places under Windows. IMPORTANT: A requirement of the unRAID system is that the capacity of the parity disk needs to be as large or larger than the capacity of the largest data disk. If a data disk fails, there is sufficient information on the parity disk to permit the system to reconstruct the contents of the failed disk onto a new disk. The parity disk is updated every time you write any of the data disks. The parity disk is what provides the redundancy in a RAID system. In the unRAID organization, one hard drive serves as the parity disk the other hard drives are called data disks. There is a line in this section for each disk (hard drive) of your unRAID server. The Command area which consists of a set of buttons which let you Start and Stop the server, as well as initiate various utility operations.The Disk Status section which displays all the critical information and status of the hard drives in your unRAID array.A menu bar which displays a list of subpages along with the unRAID version number.Both strings may be changed on the Settings page. This is the name and comment of your server as it appears in My Network Settings. A header area which displays the name of your Server and a Comment string.This page is divided into four horizontal sections: This page displays all the vital information about the hard drives in the unRAID Server array. The home page of the Management Utility is called Main.
If your network does not have a DHCP server, or if you want to assign a static IP address to your server, you must plug the Flash into your PC and edit the config/network.cfg file where these settings are stored. Also by default, upon boot unRAID Server will attempt to contact the local network DHCP server to obtain an IP address. Alternately, instead of typing the server name, you could enter the server's IP address. This may be changed on the Settings page, or you may plug the Flash into your PC and edit the config/ident.cfg file directly. Normally, to connect to the Management Utility, simpy type the name of your server into your browser's address bar:Įxample: Where you would normally type " " type "//tower" to enter the Management Utility. UnRAID Server management is accomplished through the use of a browser-based Management Utility (e.g.