5.3.2Changing a Volume Type

To change the volume type in Volume Properties:

1.Click the SATA array items you want to change in Volumes field.

2From the Volume Properties field, select Type:RAID 1 Change type.

3.You can change the Name, Select the new volume type, and Select additional disks to include in the new volume if needed.

4.Select the Data stripe size for the RAID array (for RAID 0, 10 and 5 only), and click OK. The available stripe size values range from 4 KB to 128 KB. The following are typical values:

RAID 0: 128KB

RAID 10: 64KB

RAID 5: 64KB

We recommend a lower stripe size for server systems, and a higher stripe size for multimedia computer systems used mainly for audio and video editing.

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