Restrictions and limitations of the disk archiving unit

While the disk archiving solution for a physical appliance offers many benefits, the following restrictions and limitations apply:

     All drives within the disk archiving unit that are attached to a single system must have equal capacity. Drives may be of varying capacity if they are attached to different systems.

     All drives within the disk archiving unit that are attached to a single system are treated as one logical volume. Data is written across all drives in the logical volume. Once you archive to a logical volume, these drives must be treated as a single entity.

Caution: Removing a drive from the logical volume corrupts archived data.

     Data that has been archived on 3Ware cannot be restored via the disk archiving unit.

Caution: Be sure to unmount the disk archiving unit before detaching it from the backup system or before powering it off while attached to the system. Failure to unmount the unit properly may result in data corruption.