3.In the Disk field, press <Enter> key and use <Space> key to select the disks you want to create for the RAID volume, then click <Enter> key to finish selection. This field will become available according to the selected RAID level.
4. Then select the | strip | size | for | the RAID array by using the “upper arrow” |
or “down arrow” | keys | to | scroll | through the available values, and pressing |
the <Enter> key to select and advance to the next field. The available val- ues range from 4KB to 128 KB in power of 2 increments. The strip size should be chosen based on the planned drive usage. Here are some typical values: RAID0
5.Then select the capacity of the volume in the Capacity field. The default value is the maximum volume capacity of the selected disks.
[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]
Name : | Volume0 | |
RAID Level : | RAID1(Mirror) | |
Disks : | Select | Disks |
Strip Size : | N / A |
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Capacity : | XXX.X GB | |
Sync : | N / A |
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| Create Volume | |
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The default value indicates the maximum capacity using the selected disks. Entering a lower capacity allows you to create a second volume on these disks.
[ ↑↓] - Change | [TAB] - Next | [ESC] - Previous Menu | [ENTER] - Select |
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Important
Since you want to create two volumes (Intel Matrix RAID Technology), this default size (maximum) needs to be reduced. Type in a new size for the first volume. As an ex- ample: if you want the first volume to span the first half of the two disks,