Real-Time RAID in FlexRAID is implemented by trapping I/O requests on the virtual drive and channeling those requests to files spread across the source drives. Reads and writes outside of the virtual drive cannot be trapped, and are outside of the control of FlexRAID. For that reason, writing outside of the storage pool to the Full Article…
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Connecting to Storage Pool FROM a Mac
As posted by WaxTrax!: http://forum.flexraid.com/index.php/topic,377.0/topicseen.html Hello, I just installed FlexRAID 2.0 Public Beta 12 on my Windows Media Center computer (7 Ultimate x64). The computer has two 2TB and a 1.5 TB acting as DRUs, and one 2TB drive as a PPU configured as a realtime storage pool. I set up the storage pool as Full Article…
Linux: Controlling the FUSE library version used by FlexRAID
FlexRAID by default ships with a compiled version of the FUSE library. Depending on your system, that version could be outdated or you might need an older version if using an older Linux distro. To configure which version of FUSE FlexRAID is using, you will need to follow these steps: Install the version of FUSE Full Article…
Accessing the Web UI for non-English locales
When accessing the Web UI for non-English locale, make sure to either: Start the Web UI from the shortcut on the desktop Or when accessed remotely, make sure to bookmark/enter the URL including the locale definition (http://<host>:<port>/?locale=<your locale>) If you don’t know what the locale value is: Access the Web UI at least once Full Article…
Getting Started: Creating your first FlexRAID configuration
This tutorial will guide you through your first use of FlexRAID 2.0, from installation to having your Storage Pool ready and protected by the Snapshot RAID feature. Introduction: the Cruise Control mode FlexRAID 2.0 contains a new operation mode code “Cruise Control”. This mode is the simplest to use, and is a complete Full Article…
Why did my drive letters disappear when I added them to the Cruise Control configuration?
Or, as some have asked: “Holy sh*t what is this Cruise Control thing doing to my drives!?” The new FlexRAID Cruise Control interface takes control of your drives in order to automate a lot of things for you. Indeed, FlexRAID dismounts them from their letter, and mounts them as a folder in a protected path. Full Article…
Accessing Your Storage Pool Over a Network
Now you have created your storage pool you will want to share it with other Users on your network. FlexRAID has a very handy feature which allows you to setup shares for your pool and its subfolders. It allows you to define who has access and their permissions. Windows Home Server 2011 Users please read Full Article…
Linux – ERROR: lib load error – NativeIO
If you get the above error when running FlexRAID on Linux, you might need to install one or more the following dependencies: – libc6-i386 – lib32gcc1 – lib32stdc++6 or – libstdc++.i686
Shares not reconnecting on reboot
See: http://forum.flexraid.com/index.php/topic,148.0.html If your shares are not reconnecting or are failing to be created, make sure the share name does not contain any space and is not double quoted. The share path must always be double quoted if it contains a space character. Wrong => HD Movies=X:\HD MOVIES /GRANT:Me,FULL Wrong => “HD Movies”=X:\HD MOVIES /GRANT:Me,FULL Full Article…
Special characters in filenames and invalid encoding fix
See: http://forum.flexraid.com/index.php/topic,147.0/topicseen.html Hi all, I have installed FlexRaid on my Ubuntu fileserver, but encountered some issues that took some time to resolve: OS fileserver: Ubuntu 11.10 Desktop Language: english Installed danish locale, but uses the default en_US to keep it simple. OS machine 2: Win7 Ultimate 64 bit Language: Danish ftp: WinSCP 1. Invalid Encoding Full Article…