Migration to RAID 5 from three non-RAID hard drives

NOTE: Back up all data before proceeding.

HP Elite 8000-series Business PC products only support RAID based on three identical SATA hard drives in either RAID 0 or RAID 5 or Matrix RAID Mode of RAID 0 and RAID 5.

1.Open the Intel Rapid Storage Console and select Create in the top pane and select the Volume Type in the right pane. Select Efficient data hosting and protection (RAID 5).

2.Click Next to configure the volume.

3.In the Configure window, name the volume, select the three disks and specify if you want to keep data from one of the selected disks.

4.Specify if you want to keep data from one of the selected disks?

5.Click Next to begin the confirmation process, review the selected configuration and click Create Volume to start the Create Volume action.

NOTE: HP currently supports only the default Strip Size (in this case 128KB). There is a performance relation between the type of data and the strip sizes.

6.Click Create Volume to confirm you understand the Volume Creation warning and you want to continue the action.

7.Click OK after the action completes.

NOTE: If users consume all available storage for this RAID volume, there will be no space to create another RAID volume for this hard drive, thereby not allowing for Matrix RAID Mode. Note the size if you want to create a second RAID volume in this set of hard drives.

8.Reboot the system after the migration finishes.

Migration to Matrix RAID 5 and RAID 0 from three non-RAID hard drives

NOTE: Back up all data before proceeding.

HP Elite 8000-series Business PC products only support RAID based on three identical SATA hard drives in either RAID 0 or RAID 5 or Matrix RAID Mode of RAID 0 and RAID 5.

1.Open the Intel Rapid Storage Console and select View > Advanced Mode.

2.Click Actions/Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive to open a verification window.

3.Click Next.

4.Type the RAID Volume Name, select the RAID Level (for three hard drive RAID 0 or RAID 5 only), and select the Strip Size.

NOTE: HP currently supports only the default Strip Size (in this case 128KB).

5.Click Next to see the selection of hard drives that will be part of this RAID volume.

6.Select the source hard drive (Port 0), and then click on the arrow to move them to the Selected box.

7.Click Next.

8.Select all hard drive members of the RAID volume, and then click the right arrow to place the (port 2 and port 3) hard drives in the selected box.

9.To create two volumes based on your space, reliability and performance needs, select the size of the first RAID volume by sliding the bar or entering the desired volume size. For example, divide in half the available hard drive storage in two RAID volumes by setting the Percentage of Available Space to 50%, so that 50% of drive capacity is used for RAID 0.

10.Click Next.

11.Click Finish to start the migration process, which can take a few hours.