You can disable the FlexRAID login page by going to System Control Panel -> Login -> Enable/Disable Login. Note: if you never set your username and password (both are blank), you will need to set the login first, before you can disable the login page. To first set the login, go to System Control Panel Full Article…
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Dealing with Verify failures
Before running the Verify task for Snapshot RAID, always ensure that the RAID is up to date and synced. It is really pointless to run Verify when the RAID is out of sync. If Verify still fails even after the RAID has been synced, you can re-verify the range being complained on to ensure that Full Article…
Invalid state: not enough usable space for parity!
This message usually tells of configuration issues. Here are some things to keep in mind: Your parity drives must be larger than your largest data drive. When spanning your data drives (if you are), ensure than the combined space is less or equal to the parity space. On Windows, verify that your OS is not Full Article…
Licensing: what are all these codes?
You likely received an email in regard to your purchase of FlexRAID containing your product activation information. The e-mail talked of a “Purchase Code” and of a “Registration/Import passcode” The Purchase Code is all you need to activate FlexRAID. As part of the e-commerce, there is a consumer portal that will let you manage your Full Article…
Licensing: hardware changes and license transfer
Your FlexRAID license is node locked (i.e., it is bound to the computer on which it is installed). In most cases, you can upgrade components on that computer without needing to re-activate. However, for cases where everything in the computer is upgraded (essentially you just have a new computer in the old case), the computer Full Article…
Installing FlexRAID on OpenMediaVault (OMV)
Courtesy of: http://forum.flexraid.com/index.php?action=profile;u=2530 This tutorial covers the integration of FlexRAID into OpenMediaVault (OMV). Specifically, we are integrating FlexRAID 2.0u6 with OMV 0.2.7 (with 0.3 currently in beta as of April, 30th 2012). Do check both projects for their latest releases. For brevity, the test bed used as example in this document will have 2 DRUs Full Article…
Scanning for hardlinks and junctions prior to using Snapshot RAID
It is important not to include hardlinks and junctions in your Snapshot RAID as each duplicate entry will be fully included in the RAID increasing your requirement for parity data. FlexRAID has a neat tool for scanning for hardlinks and junctions starting with version 2.0 update 6 on Windows and 2.0 update 7 on Linux. Full Article…
Release notes
Changes in 2.0 Update 7 (to be released May 4th 2012): – Driver update for Windows (minor fixes) – Driver update for Linux (with fix for issue when setting thread > 1 on some systems) – Added ability to scan for hardlinks and junctions on Linux – Fixed issue when returning a managed folder and Full Article…
Understanding the various websites and their purpose
One of the current challenges is integrating all of the websites supporting FlexRAID as a product in a seamless fashion. Work is being done in that regard. Nonetheless, until that integration is finalized, here is a quick overview of the various sites: http://www.flexraid.com : this is going to be the official product site. For now Full Article…
Offline or registering from another computer
1. Login into the your account in the consumer portal at https://secure.flexraid.com 2. Register your purchase code(s) to your account if not already registered 3. Go to the Activations Viewer and select the appropriate activation and click on “New Offline Registration”