Creating a RAID 10 set (Mirrored+Striped)

To create a RAID 10 set:

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

Create RAID set then press <Enter>. The following sub-menu appears.

2.Select RAID 10 then press <Enter> to display the following.

3.Select your desired method of configuration.

Auto configuration

 

 

MAIN MENU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Create RAID set

 

RAID0

 

 

 

 

Delete RAID set

 

 

 

 

RAID1

 

 

 

 

Rebuild Raid1 set

 

 

 

 

RAID10RAID5

 

 

 

 

Resolve Conflicts

 

 

 

 

SPARERAID10DRIVE

 

 

 

 

Low Level Format

 

 

 

 

SPARE DRIVE

 

 

 

 

Logical Drive Info

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONCATENATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAIN MENU

Auto configuration

Manual configuration

a.Select Auto Configuration then 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.

Auto-configuration creates a RAID 10 set without a backup copy of the current source disk data.

Manual configuration a. Select Manual

configuration and

 

 

MAIN MENU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auto configuration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

press <Enter>. The

 

 

 

chunk size

 

 

 

Manual configuration

 

 

following pop-up

 

 

 

4K

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8K

 

menu appears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16K

 

b. Use the up or down

 

 

 

 

 

32K

 

 

 

 

 

 

64K

 

arrow keys to select

 

 

 

 

 

128K

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a chunk size

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

appropriate to your

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

drive usage then press <Enter>.

 

 

 

TIP: 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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