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4 IDE Raid0
I usered
add "\\.\PhysicalDrive0" "Test" -share:"r" -sessions:"20" -readonly:"yes"
or
add "\\.\PhysicalDrive0" "Test" -share:"rw" -sessions:"20" -readonly:"yes"

The Initiators can Connected,And Can See It In "My Computer",But Can't Use It!

Can Tell Me What Can I Do?

If The Filesystem Is Fat32
It Can Be Used
If The Filesystem Is ntfs
That It Cnn't Be Used~

Hi,

You have 4 hard drives connected to the IDE RAID-0, correct?
If yes, you can't access the drives directly via "\\.\PhysicalDriveX".

I'd suggest you using the ImageFile plug-in to create virtual file-based target(s) over the RAID-0.

But Why Filesystem is Fat32 Can Be Used?
just Ntfs could not Be Used~

jm5423 wrote:\\.\PhysicalDriveX?

X=? 4?

Or Just Use X?

It seems my answer was not so clear. :(

I mean you can't share RAID devices with the SPTI mode.
Ever if your RAID device is visible to the system as a single drive, it's impossible to share the system drive in Read/Write mode.

That's why I suggested using ImageFiles instead of SPTI.

FYI ImageFiles support clustering while IDE drives mapped with SPTI - do not.

valery (staff) wrote: It seems my answer was not so clear.

Ever if your RAID device is visible to the system as a single drive, it's impossible to share the system drive in Read/Write mode.

That's why I suggested using ImageFiles instead of SPTI.

But another kind of similar software could do that

They probably have single shared basic images and all changes are written and stored per-client.
According to your case, if you have 2 separate hard drives in your PC, the non-system one may be shared as R/W-enabled iSCSI target.
If you have the only hard drive (ever a hardware RAID) - StarWind does not allow sharing it in R/W mode to prevent your system data from corruption.