Running a Consistency Check You should periodically run a consistency check on fault-tolerant virtual drives (RAID 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, or 60 configurations; RAID 0 does not provide data redundancy). A consistency check scans the virtual drive to determine whether the data has become corrupted and needs to be restored. For example, in a system with parity, checking consistency means computing the data on one drive and comparing the results to the contents of the parity drive. You must run a consistency check if you suspect that the data on the virtual drive might be corrupted. ATTENTION Make sure to back up the data before running a consistency check if you think the data might be corrupted. To run a consistency check, first set the consistency check properties, and then schedule the consistency check. This section explains how to set the properties, schedule the check, and run the consistency check.
Running a Consistency Check
You should periodically run a consistency check on fault-tolerant virtual drives (RAID 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, or 60 configurations; RAID 0 does not provide data redundancy). A consistency check scans the virtual drive to determine whether the data has become corrupted and needs to be restored.
For example, in a system with parity, checking consistency means computing the data on one drive and comparing the results to the contents of the parity drive. You must run a consistency check if you suspect that the data on the virtual drive might be corrupted.
ATTENTION Make sure to back up the data before running a consistency check if you think the data might be corrupted.
To run a consistency check, first set the consistency check properties, and then schedule the consistency check. This section explains how to set the properties, schedule the check, and run the consistency check.