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Unity™MediaNetwork5SystemMaintenance–Rev.B
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Check internal RAID integrity
UnlikeearlierversionsofAvid®Unity™MediaNetwork,toimprovemediaread/writeperformance
MediaNetwork5doesnotsaveacopyofitsmetadatatothemediadrivesbutinsteadsavesthreeindividual
copiesofthemetadatatoaseparatepartitionontheinternalsystemdrive.Thispartitionismountedas
“AVIDONLY”
intherootoftheD:drive.
WhileitappearsasasingledrivetoWindows,theinternalsystemdriveisactuallyamirroredpaircontrolled
bytheon‐boardRAIDcontrollertoprovideredundantprotectionforthemetadata.Shouldoneofthese
drivesfailitmustbereplacedimmediately
toensurecontinuedprotectionofthemetadata.
Foraddedsecurity,themetadatamaybeperiodicallycopiedtoanexternaldevice.Thisandafurther
descriptionofthemetadatalocationaredescribedinAppendix5
below.
Toviewthestatusoftheindividualharddrives,startthe“IntelMatrixStorageConsole”fromtheStartmenu
oftheUnityMediaEngineasshowninFig.6below:
Fig.6–LaunchingtheIntelMatrixStorageConsolefromtheStartmenu
WhentheStorageConsoleopens,navigatedownto“Volumes”and“RAIDHardDrives”toviewthestatusof
boththeRAIDandtheindividualdrivesasshowninFig.7below:
Fig.7‐TheIntelMatrixStorageConsole
YoumaywishtoleavetheStorageConsoleopenonthedesktop.
Ifadriveisfoundtobefaulty,takeaback‐upofthemetadataassoonaspossible(asdescribedinAppen dix5‐
MakingaMetadataback‐up
)andthencontactAvidCustomerSuccesstoobtainareplacementdrive.
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