How long does it take to "check"?

[Robinson]

Speed is pretty slow with my link station (it's an LS-WX6.0).  Looking at the web interface it says it's "Checking".  When I plugged it in the first thing I did was to delete the Raid-0 array, create a Raid-1 array and format.  How long will checking take?  Also, we had two power cuts last night.  Will this have affected the system?  Would it be safer for me to start the process over, i.e. format again?  I haven't copied any data over yet.

 

 

[davo]

the check can take upwards for 24 hours to complete. If the unit is rebooted during the process then it will need to start again from the beginning.

[Robinson]

Ok, so it's all unattended, i.e. I don't have to do anything to it.  But is it OK for me to start copying across onto it whilst it's checking?  Presumably the check is just slowing it down rather than blocking it (as I can access the drive on the network).

[davo]

The check is there to make sure the RAID is operating successfully. Ideally you should wait until it is complete.

[Robinson]

Ok thanks a lot.