System Setup Program 115
Configuring for RAID Using the Intel Matrix Storage Manager
If you already have one hard drive with the operating system installed on it, and you want to add a second
hard drive and reconfigure both drives into a RAID volume without losing the existing operating system
and any data, you need to use the migrating option (see "Migrating to a RAID Level 0 or a RAID Level 1
Configuration" on page 115).
Deleting a RAID Volume
NOTE: While this procedure deletes the RAID 1 volume, it also splits the RAID 1 volume into two non-RAID hard
drives with a partition, and leaves any existing data files intact.
1
Click the
Start
button and point to
All Programs
→
Intel Matrix Storage Manager
→
Intel Matrix
Storage Console
to launch the Intel Storage Console.
2
Right-click the
Volu me
icon of the RAID volume you want to delete, and select
Delete Volume
.
3
On the
Delete RAID Volume Wizard
screen, click
Next
.
4
Highlight the RAID volume you want to delete in the
Available
box, click the right-arrow button to
move the highlighted RAID volume into the
Selected
box, and then click
Next
.
5
Click
Finish
to delete the volume.
Migrating to a RAID Level 0 or a RAID Level 1 Configuration
1
Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see page113).
2
Click the
Start
button and point to
All Programs
→
Intel Matrix Storage Manager
→
Intel Matrix
Storage Console
to launch the Intel Storage Console.
NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see
page113).
3
On the
Actions
menu, select
Create RAID Volume From Existing Hard Drive
to
launch the
Migration Wizard.
4
Click
Next
on the Migration Wizard screen.
5
Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default.
6
For RAID 0, select
RAID 0
as the RAID level from the drop-down box
.
For RAID 1, select
RAID 1
as the RAID level from the drop-down box.
NOTE: Select the strip size closest to the size of the average file you want to store on the RAID volume. If you do
not know the average file size, choose 128 KB as your strip size.
7
For RAID 0, select the appropriate strip size from the drop-down box, and then click
Next
.
For RAID 1, skip to step8.
NOTE: Select the hard drive that you want to use as your source hard drive (it should be the hard drive containing
the data or operating system files that you want to keep on the RAID volume).
8
On the
Select Source Hard Drive
screen, double-click the hard drive from which you want to migrate,
and click
Next
.
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