Creating a RAID set

To create a RAID set:

1.From the utility main menu, select 1. Create RAID Volume and press <Enter>.The following screen appears:

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[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]

Name:

RAID Level: RAID0(Stripe)

Disks: Select Disks

Strip Size: 16KB

Capacity: 1397.3 GB

Sync: N/A

Create Volume

[ HELP ]

Enter a unique volume name that has no special characters and is

16 characters or less.

[↑↓]Change

[TAB]-Next

[ESC]-Previous Menu

[ENTER]-Select

2.Enter a name for the RAID set and press <Enter>.

3.When the RAID Level item is highlighted, press the up/down arrow key to select a RAID level to create, and then press <Enter>.

4.Use the up/down arrow key to select the stripe size for the RAID array (for RAID 0 and 1 only),and then press <Enter>. The available stripe size values range from 4KB to 128KB.The following are typical values:

RAID 0: 16KB

RAID 1: NA

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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