Asus P5GD2 manual Creating a RAID Volume, Create Array Menu

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Creating a RAID Volume

To create a RAID volume:

1.From the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM utility main menu, select 1. Create RAID Volume then press <Enter>. The following screen appears.

Intel(R) Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM v4.0.0.6211

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[ CREATE ARRAY MENU ]

Name: RAID_Volume1

RAID Level: RAID0(Stripe)

Disks: Select Disk

Strip Size: 128KB

Capacity: 149.0GB

[ HELP ]

Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length taht can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume. This name is case sensitive and can not contain special characters.

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2.Key-in a unique name for your RAID volume then press <Enter>.

3.Use the up or down arrow keys to select your desired RAID Level then press <Enter>.

a.If you selected RAID 0 (Stripe), 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

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