AMD GA-K8N51GMF-9 user manual Using the Define a New Array Window, Selecting the RAID Mode

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Using the "Define a New Array" Window

If necessary, press the tab key to move from field to field until the appropriate field is highlighted.

Selecting the RAID Mode

By default, this is set to Striping. To change to a different RAID mode, press the down arrow key until the mode that you want appears in the RAID Mode box - either Mirroring, Striping, Spanning, Stripe Mirroring or RAID 5.

Selecting the Striping Block Size

Striping block size is given in kilobytes, and affects how data is arranged on the disk. It is recommended to leave this value at the default Optimal, which is 64KB, but the values can be between 4 KB and 128 KB.

Assigning the Disks

The disks that you enabled from the RAID Config BIOS setup page appear in the Free Disks block. These are the drives that are available for use as RAID array disks. To designate a free disk to be used as a RAID array disk,

1. Tab to the Free Disks section. The first disk in the list is selected.

2. Move it from the Free Disks block to the Array Disks block by pressing the right arrow key ( ). The first disk in the list is moved, and the next disk in the list is selected and ready to be moved.

3. Continue pressing the right-arrow key ( ) until all the disks that you want to use as RAID array disks appear in the Array Disks block.

MediaShield RAID Utility July 27 2005

- Define a New Array -

RAID Mode: Mirroring				Striping Block: Optimal
Free Disks				Array Disks
Loc	Disk Model	Capacity		Loc	Disk Model	Capacity
				2.0.M	ST3120026AS	111.79GB
		[	] Add	2.1.M	ST3120026AS	111.79GB
		[	] Del
	[ESC] Quit	[F6] Back [F7] Finish	[TAB] Navigate		[ ] Select	[ENTER] Popup

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