Freedom9 freeStor 4020 Release Note - page 6
[July 2007]
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Performance issues might occur for backup and/or restore jobs if the Web user
interface for the storage system is accessed while backup and/or restore jobs are
running.
If the freeStor 4020 appliance and Windows domain controller are both rebooted, and
the freeStor 4020 appliance is started before the domain controller comes up, you will
need to shutdown and restart the freeStor 4020 appliance in order to map to NAS
Windows shares.
Network Access Server (NAS)
The system may take a long time to boot up if you have several NAS shares or large
NAS shares (over 1 TB). Since every NAS disk file system must be checked and
mounted, the larger the file system or the more the NAS disks, the longer the check
time. The system status LED blinks green until the system boot up completes and then
turns solid green indicating the system has successfully started.
Remote Boot
If you plan to remotely boot from a backup on the storage system, it is recommended
that you select the IP address of the first port. If the DHCP server option is enabled on
your storage system, you can remotely boot only from the first port. If this option is
disabled and you’re using a separate DHCP server, you can remotely boot from either
port.
DiskSafe Express
1. DiskSafe Express requires the Intelligent Management Agent (IMA), which is installed
automatically. IMA requires that a C: partition exists on the machine where DiskSafe
Express will be installed.
2. Currently, the IMA module of DiskSafe Express cannot display disks larger than
2,199,023,255,040 bytes (slightly less than 2 TB). Therefore, you cannot protect a
disk or its partitions if the disk size is greater than this size.
3. If you upgrade to DiskSafe Express v1.1, you must repair the connection, using Repair
Connection, from disks/partitions that were protected using DiskSafe Express v1.0.
4. If you create a partition without assigning a drive letter to it, the name of the partition
will not display correctly when viewing the available disk list. For example, if the third
partition on a disk (Disk 0, Partition 3) has the volume label "Production" but does not
have a drive letter associated with it, the DiskSafe Express user interface will only
display the partition's location on the disk (Disk 0, Partition 3).