Creating a RAID 0 set (Striped)

To create a RAID set:

1.From the Silicon Image configuration utility main menu, select

Create RAID set then press <Enter> to display an option menu.

2.Select RAID 0 then press <Enter> to display the following.

 

 

MAIN MENU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Create RAID set

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delete RAID set

RAID0

 

 

 

 

Rebuild Raid1 set

RAID1

 

 

 

 

Resolve Conflicts

RAID5

 

 

 

 

Low Level Format

RAID10

 

 

 

 

Logical Drive Info

SPARE DRIVE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JBOD (Single)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAIN MENU

Auto configuration

Manual configuration

3.Select your desired method of configuration.

Auto configuration

a.Select Auto Configuration the press <Enter>.

b.The utility prompts a message to input the RAID size, use the up or down arrow keys to set the RAID size then press <Enter>.

c.Press <Y> to confirm or <N> to return to the Main Menu.

By default, Auto configuration sets the stripe size to 64K and sets the logical drives based on the physical drives installed.

Manual configuration

a. Select Manual configuration and press <Enter>. The following pop-up menu appears.

b.Use the up or down arrow keys to select a chunk size appropriate to your drive usage then press <Enter>.

MAIN MENU

Auto configuration

chunk size

Manual configuration

4K

8K

16K

32K

64K

128K

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