Optimizing Performance 45
Creating a Spare Hard Drive
A spare hard drive may be created with a RAID level 1 configuration. The spare hard drive will not be
recognized by the operating system, but you will be able to see the spare drive from within Disk Manager
or the Intel RAID Option ROM utility. When a member of the RAID level 1 configuration fails, the
computer automatically rebuilds the mirror configuration using the spare hard drive as the failed
member’s replacement.
To mark a drive as a spare hard drive:
1
Click the
Start
button and point to
Programs
→
Intel(R) Application Accelerator
→
Intel Matrix
Storage Manager
to launch the Intel
®
Storage Utility.
2
Right-click the hard drive you want to mark as a spare hard drive.
3
Click
Mark as Spare
.
To remove a drive as a spare hard drive:
1
Right-click the spare hard drive icon.
2
Click
Reset Hard Drive to Non-RAID
.
Rebuilding a Degraded RAID Level 1 Configuration
If your computer does not have a spare hard drive, and the computer has reported a degraded RAID level
1 volume, you can manually rebuild the computer’s redundancy mirror to a new hard drive by performing
the following steps:
1
Click the
Start
button and point to
Programs
→
Intel(R) Application Accelerator
→
Intel Matrix
Storage Manager
to launch the Intel
®
Storage Utility.
2
Right-click the available hard drive to which you want to rebuild the RAID level 1 volume, then click
Rebuild to this Disk
.
You can use your computer while the computer is rebuilding the RAID level 1 volume.
Dell DataSafe (Optional)
Dell DataSafe is a solution to help you protect your data against unfortunate events such as data loss
from system crashes, hard drive failures, software corruption, viruses, and other accidents. Using Intel
technology, your computer has a robust level of data protection out of the factory! With Dell DataSafe,
you will have a selected area on your system that automatically stores periodic copies of your computer's
hard drive data. Not only does Dell DataSafe help you to store and protect your valuable data such as
photos, music, videos, files, and more, it also helps restore your computer and your data in the event of a
failure. The included software can give you the power to roll back your system to a healthy state after a
system problem, easily retrieve deleted files, and recover individual files or an entire hard drive, and the
Intel Matrix Storage Console (RAID) allows for continued functionality in the case of a single hard drive
failure.