Grass Valley FT Server - Manual (Page 52)

Stop verifying RDR virtual disk
Verification of RDR virtual disk in progress can be stopped with the procedure below:
1. Start the RDR Utility and right-click RDR Virtual Disk x in the left pane and click Stop Verify RDR
Virtual Disk .
2. In the Stop Verify RDR Virtual Disk dialog box, click OK .
Set resync priority
The priority of synchronization by RDR can be specified. By changing the priority, the I/O load
during synchronization can be reduced using the following steps:
1. Start the RDR Utility and right-click on RDR Virtual Disk x in the left pane then click Set Resync
Priority .
2. When a dialog box appears, select Low , Normal , or High (the default is Normal ) and click OK .
3. In the Set Resync Priority dialog box, click OK .
Set LUN load balancing
Load balancing can be specified as on or off.
When the load balancing is on (default), the read process is performed alternately from two physical
disks forming the RDR Virtual Disk to improve performance. When it is off, the read process is
performed from the physical disk specified as Active RDR Plex. To set the load balancing on or
off, use the following procedure.
1. Start the RDR Utility, right-click on RDR Virtual Disk x in the left pane to change the priority and
click Set RDR LUN Load Balancing .
2. When a dialog box appears, select On or Off (the default is On ) and click OK .
3. In the Set RDR LUN Load Balancing dialog box, click OK .
Build dynamic disk
Use Windows utilities and build a Dynamic disk with all the disks except for drive 0.
1. From the Windows desktop, right-click My Computer and select Manage .
2. Change the CD ROM drive letter to F:\ .
3. Select Disk Management .
4. Right-click on one of the unallocated Disk 1 .
5. Select New Striped Volume .
6. Click Next .
7. Add disk 2 – 4 to the group in the Selected column.
8. Click Next .
9. Assign drive letter D .
10. Set file system to NTFS .
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Configuring the FT Server