Creating a RAID Volume

To create a RAID volume:

1.From the NVIDIA® RAID utility Define a New Array menu, select RAID Mode then press <Enter>. The following submenu appears.

Use the up or down arrow keys to select a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mirroring

 

RAID mode then press <Enter>.

 

 

 

 

Striping

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stripe Mirroring

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spanning

2. Press <TAB> select the Striping

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8K ↑

 

 

Block then press <Enter>. The

 

16K

 

 

 

 

 

 

following submenu appears:

 

32K

 

 

 

64K

 

 

 

 

128K

 

 

 

 

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If you selected Striping or Stripe Mirroring, use the up or down arrow keys to select the stripe size for your RAID 0 array then press <Enter>.The available values range from 8 KB to 128 KB. The default selection is 128 KB. The strip value should be chosen based on the planned drive usage.

•8 /16 KB - low disk usage

•64 KB - typical disk usage

•128 KB - performance disk usage

TIP: 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 select the Free Disks area. Use the left or right arrow keys to assign the array disks.

4.Press <F7> to create RAID set. The following message box appears.

Clear disk data?

[Y] YES

[N] NO

5.Press <Y> to clear the selected disks or <N> to proceed without clearing the disks. The following screen appears.

Take caution in using this option. All data on the RAID drives will be lost!

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