Striped Raid Groups, Mirrored Raid Groups | Rosewill RSV-S8 instruction

4.2.3 STRIPED RAID GROUPS

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4.2.3 STRIPED RAID GROUPS

Striped RAID Groups allow the user to select minimum of 2 or more disks for each member of the volume. Enter the desired values and press Create to create the RAID Group (Example below).

4.2.4 MIRRORED RAID GROUPS

Mirrored RAID Groups allow the user to select 2 disks for each member of the volume. Enter the desired values and press Create to create the RAID Group (Example below).

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Rosewill RSV-S8 user manual Striped Raid Groups, Mirrored Raid Groups

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Server RSV-S8 User Manual Content 3 INSTALLATION1 WELCOME 2 AN INTRODUCTION TO RAID 4 SATARAID5 ARRAY MANAGER 1 WELCOME 1.1 PRECAUTION1.2 FEATURES 1.2.1 DATA SECURITY 1.3 EASE OF USE 1.4 SPECIFICATIONS1.6 PRODUCT CONTENTS 1.5 SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS 2 AN INTRODUCTION TO RAID 2.1 RAID VOLUMESCONFIGURED AS 2.2 SEGMENTING DISKS 2.3.2 DISK MIRRORING RAID 2.3 RAID LEVELS2.3.1 DISK STRIPING RAID 2.3.3 DISK MIRRORING AND STRIPING RAID 2.3.6 SINGLE DRIVE / SEGMENT 2.4 RAID VOLUME STATUS2.3.5 CONCATENATION STATUS 3.3.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER 3.2 INSTALLING HARDWARE3.3 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS 3.1 COMPONENTS Select Specify a location, than click Next Click Browse… to select to driver path, than click OKPage Select Specify a location, than click Next Click Next to install the Silicon Image’s Pseudo Processor Device driver 3.3.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY Double-click the 3132-W-I32-R.exe file Click Next to begin setupSelect I Agree, than click Next Click Next to use the default installation folder Click Next to begin the installation When SATARAID5 installation has completed, click Close to exit Select Typical, than click Next 3.3.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP 3.3.4 ALLOCATING PARTITION When Write Signature and Upgrade Disk Wizard appears, click Next Select Disk Management under Storage to view the disk drivesSelect the new disk to write a signature, than click Next Do not click any disk to upgrade to dynamic disk, than click Next Click Next to create a partition on a basic disk Select the partition type you want to create, than click NextSpecify the partition size you want to create, than click Next When the Create Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish Assign the drive letter or path you want to create, than click Next The status of the newly created partition in the Disk Management window should change to Formatting and the percentage complete will be displayed. Depending upon the size of the partition, the format process may take several minutes. When complete, the status will change to “Healthy＂ and the name and drive letter will be updated. Once the disk reports Healthy, it appears in the listing in System Listing section with all of its pertinent information as well 3.4 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS XP 32/64-BIT 3.4.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER When the installation has completed, click Finish 3.4.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY Double-click the utility file Click Next to begin setup Select I Agree, than click Next When SATARAID5 installation has completed, click Close to exit Select Start All Programs Silicon Image SATARaid5Manager to begin the Java platform to start the Array Manager software 3.4.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP 3.4.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS ON WINDOWS XP 32-BIT When Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard appears, click Next Select the new disk to initialize, than click NextDo not click any disk to convert, than click Next Click Next to create a partition on a basic disk Server RSV-S8User Manual Assign the drive letter or path you want to create, than click Next When the New Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish Server RSV-S8 3.4.5 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS ON WINDOWS XP 64-BIT Do not click any disk to convert, than click Next Windows 64-bit system supports GPT disk which supports disk volume greater than 2TB Select the partition to create, than click Next Server RSV-S8 Specify the partition size you want to create, than click NextAssign the drive letter or path you want to create, than click Next User Manual When the New Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish 3.5 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS SERVER 2003 32/64-BIT 3.5.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER Server RSV-S8 3.5.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY Click Next to begin setup Select I Agree, than click Next Server RSV-S8User Manual When SATARAID5 installation has completed, click Close to exit Click Next to use the default installation folderClick Next to begin the installation Server RSV-S8 Server RSV-S8 3.5.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP 3.5.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS Do not click any disk to convert, than click Next When Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard appears, click NextSelect the new disk to initialize, than click Next Server RSV-S8 Server RSV-S8 User Manual Server RSV-S8 Click Next to create a partition on a basic diskSelect the partition to create, than click Next User Manual Server RSV-S8 Specify the partition size you want to create, than click NextAssign the drive letter or path you want to create, than click Next User Manual When the New Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish 3.6 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS VISTA 32/64-BIT 3.6.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER When the installation has completed, click Close Insert the disc that came with your RAID Controller, than click Next 3.6.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY Click Next to begin setup Select I Agree, than click Next Server RSV-S8User Manual When SATARAID5 installation has completed, click Close to exit Click Next to use the default installation folderClick Next to begin the installation Server RSV-S8 Server RSV-S8 3.6.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP 3.6.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONSPage Click Next to create the partition When the New Partition Wizard has completed, click Finish Server RSV-S8User Manual Server RSV-S8 4 SATARAID5 ARRAY MANAGER 4.1 OVERVIEWCOLOR 4.2 CREATING RAID GROUPS 4.2.1 CONTIGUOUS RAID GROUPS4.2.2 CONCATENATED RAID GROUPS 4.2.3 STRIPED RAID GROUPS 4.2.4 MIRRORED RAID GROUPS 4.2.5 MIRRORED STRIPED RAID GROUPS 4.2.6 PARITY RAID GROUPS DEFINITION 4.2.7 RAID GROUPS OVERVIEWFIELD RAID Level Device 4.3 ADDITIONAL MENU COMMANDSFile RAID Group 4.3.1 CONFIGURATION Log File Tab Popup Tab Advanced Options FEATUREEXPLANATION PARAMETER 4.3.3 CREATE SPARE4.3.2 EXIT DESCRIPTION 4.3.4 DELETE SPARE 4.3.5 DELETE MEMBER 4.3.8 DEVICE SUMMARY 4.3.6 DELETE ORPHAN4.3.7 MAKE PASS-THRU File Options Fields ExitSorting 4.3.9 CREATE RAID GROUP 4.3.10 REBUILD RAID GROUP 4.3.11 DELETE RAID GROUP 4.3.12 BRING RAID GROUP ONLINE 4.3.13 RAID GROUP SUMMARY Options Task 4.3.14 TASK MANAGERFile Open Suspend CancelModify Resume 4.3.15 EVENT LOG This command closes the Event Log window 4.3.17 CREATE LEGACY RAID GROUP 4.3.16 RESOURCESFile Display 4.3.18 HELP TOPICS