How to Configure RAID Setting

This guide describes how to do RAID setting, and it only applies to X882,X885,NASPi Gemini 3.5 or NASPi Gemini 2.5

• X882 is the storage shield of NASPi Gemini 2.5
• X885 is the storage shield of NASPi Gemini 3.5

Warning : Please backup your data before setup and switch, otherwise you maybe lost your data.

Please read Raid Instruction firstly. You can freely choose the four RAID modes supported by this device by setting the jumper cap.

Start your setup, please strictly follow the steps below;

1. Assemble your device，refer to the installation video of the corresponding device to assemble, only the top cover is not installed, because you need to use the onboard buttons^_^.

PS: USB connector must be insert

2. Disconnect power supply, and choose your Raid setting, insert or remove jumper by the following jumper instruction:

• For RAID0 setting, Both A and B jumpers need to be shorted
• For RAID1 setting, Only the B jumper needs to be shorted
• For PM setting, No jumpers need to be shorted

and so on

3. Power on the this kit with the 12V 5A power adapter, wait for the Raspberry Pi OS to startup.

4. Press the RAID SET button for about 5 seconds , and release it till the blue LED indicators starts flashing, and it means the RAID setting is complete.

5. Remove power supply then connect again, then turn on the device;

6. How to check if your RAID setting is successful?

After your device is reboot, then type the following command:

lsusb

The result is as follows

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 152d:0561 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA Technology Corp. JMS551 - Sharkoon SATA QuickPort Duo
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 2109:3431 VIA Labs, Inc. Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

The first line indicates that the USB device has been correctly recognized by the OS. (JMicron is the USB storage chip supplier)

lsblk -p

The result is as follows

NAME             MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
/dev/sda           8:0    0 298.1G  0 disk 
└─/dev/sda1        8:1    0 298.1G  0 part 
/dev/sdb           8:16   0  74.5G  0 disk 
└─/dev/sdb1        8:17   0  74.5G  0 part 
/dev/mmcblk0     179:0    0   7.4G  0 disk 
├─/dev/mmcblk0p1 179:1    0   256M  0 part /boot
└─/dev/mmcblk0p2 179:2    0   7.1G  0 part /

There are two HDDs/SSDs devices were found. (/dev/sda and /dev/sdb) to PM model;

Or

NAME             MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
/dev/sda           8:0    0 298.1G  0 disk 
└─/dev/sda        8:1    0 298.1G  0 part 
/dev/mmcblk0     179:0    0   7.4G  0 disk 
├─/dev/mmcblk0p1 179:1    0   256M  0 part /boot
└─/dev/mmcblk0p2 179:2    0   7.1G  0 part /

There is ONLY one HDD/SSD devices is found. (/dev/sda) to RAID1 or RAID0 model;

[NOTE]：

1. Once you set the RAID mode successfully, you need to partition&format&mount the hdd/ssd, so that it can be recognized by your Raspberry Pi OS. please refer to How to View/Partition/Format/Mount HDD/SSD

2. If you always think that the setup fails, please strictly follow the steps above. We have tested many times.

3. Or run lsusb and lsblk, and then send us the results to email: support@geekworm.com

Introduction to LED flashing when setting raid on X882 / X885 shield

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZoNHahaMqXs

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Anonymous user #3

8 days ago

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Is it possible to set up a Raid1 with a single-disk storage pool, and then later on add the second HDD? I bought an 8TB HDD, and I was initially planning to buy another before new year due to budget constrains. I'd like to use and I don't want to loose data in the process. If it's possible, can you please explain how to do it? thanks

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Lisa

8 days ago

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Hello，you need 2 HDD to set up RAID1

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Anonymous user #2

6 months ago

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Hi, How can I check health of the each disk in hardware RAID mode?

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Lisa

6 months ago

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Hi,You can observe the device operating status through the on-board HDD1 HDD2 LED indicators

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Anonymous user #1

13 months ago

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Every time I try and set the raid0 for my drives and then check with Lsusb, It’ll be fine. Then check with Lsblk and it’ll only show /dev/sda but it won’t have /dev/sda1.

And if I try and use fdisk I keep getting input/output error.

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Walker

13 months ago

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Hello, can you provide your order number, then you can contact us via our email: support@geekworm.com ' we will do our best to solve your problem

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