Acer G301 manual Auto Configure RAID 10 F3, Create Array F4

86 5 Configuring IDE Software RAID

Auto Configure RAID 10 (F3)

Press the <F3> key to auto configure the drives for a RAID 10 array. A minimum of four free physical drives are required for the RAID 10 auto configuration.

Note: All previous settings will be lost when running Auto

Configuration for Striping, Mirroring, or RAID 10.

Create Array (F4)

Press the <F4> key to create a disk array. When you create an array, a default array template is created. You must edit the array properties to complete the array creation. Use the arrow keys to highlight a property field and press <ENTER> to edit that property.

Array Type - By default arrays are created in Stripe mode. When you select this field, a pop-up window displays the following options:

•RAID mode

•STRIPE

•MIRROR

•RAID 10

•SPARE POOL

Select the intended RAID mode by using the arrow navigation keys and pressing <ENTER>. The SPARE POOL option is not a RAID mode, but a way to assign a physical drive as a hot spare to be used n case of a mirror failure. When a mirror configured array has a drive failure, a spare drive can be used to replace the failed drive and rebuild the array.

Note: To rebuild a drive from the SPARE POOL, the size of the physical drive in SPARE POOL must be the same or larger than the smallest drive in the array.