LaCie 5big Backup Server Configuration Manual

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LaCie 5big Backup Server ConfigurationConfiguration Guide page 244. Complete the Add a Hard Drive Wizard to format the harddrive and to add it to your server storage (Fig. 28). You may alsochoose to assign new disks as backup storage for data storedon the 5big Backup Server (Fig. 29).See section 6. Removing and Installing New Disks for more informa-tion.To remove a disk from Storage Hard Drives1. Click the Server Storage tab.2. Under Storage Hard Drives, right-click the disk for removal,and then choose Remove (Fig. 30).3. All of the files will be safely removed from the hard drive beforeyou disconnect it. You risk losing data if you improperly removea drive while the 5big Backup Server is in operation.IMPORTANT INFO: Configurations that include a limited amountof drives may not have sufficient space to retain the data from thedisk that is being removed. You must have enough free space in thepool of Storage Hard Drives to copy data from the disk that you wishto remove.3.4.1. Backup Drives Larger Than 2TBA large capacity external disk is ideal for backing up your 5bigBackup Server. See the LaCie Technical Brief for precise details onbacking up your 5big Backup Server data to external USB 2.0 andeSATA drives. You may also use one or more drives within the 5bigenclosure to backup Windows Home Server data.IMPORTANT INFO: Drives larger than 2TB must be formatted us-ing GPT for Windows Home Server. Format the drive(s) in WindowsDisk Management before launching the Windows Home ServerConsole.3.4.2. Disks Larger Than 2TB and theWindows Home Server Storage HardDrivesWindows Home Server cannot add more than 2TB of a single disk toits pool of Storage Hard Drives. For example, if you add a 3TB non-LaCie drive into the pool of Storage Hard Drives, Windows HomeServer will only use 2TB of its capacity. The remaining storage willbe placed in the System as unavailable.Fig. 28Fig. 29Fig. 30