5.5.2Creating a RAID Volume

To create a RAID set:

1.From the Define a New Array menu, select RAID Mode, then press <ENTER>. A pop-up menu appears. Use the up or down arrow keys to select a RAID mode , then press <ENTER>. You can select either Mirrored, Striped, Spanned, Striped Mirror, or RAID 5.

MirroredStripedSpannedStriped MirrorRAID 5

•The RAID mode is set to Mirrored by default.

•Not all RAID modes are supported on all platforms. (If the server only has two HDDs, it only supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 mode.)

2.Press <TAB> to select the Stripe Block option, then press <ENTER>. The following submenu appears: The available stripe size values range from 4KB to 128KB. The default stripe size is optimal (64KB). You must choose the stripe size value based on the projected drive usage. For low disk usage, select 4 KB/16 KB. For typical disk usage, select 64 KB. Select 128KB for performance disk usage.

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For server systems, we recommend using a lower array block size. For multimedia computer systems used mainly for audio and video editing, we recommend a higher array block size for optimum performance.

3.Press <TAB> to move to the Free Disks section. Highlight the hard disk drives that you want to add in the RAID set, then press the right arrow key to select. The selected hard disk drives appear in the Array Disks section. Repeat the process until all desired hard disk drives are added.

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