Asus P5AD2-E Deluxe Owner's Manual page 133

Creating a RAID 0 set (striped) Creating a RAID 0 set (striped)
Creating a RAID 0 set (striped) Creating a RAID 0 set (striped) Creating a RAID 0 set (striped)
To create a RAID 0 set:
1. From the utility main menu, select [ 1 . C r e a t e R A I D V o l u m e ]
then press <Enter>. The following screen appears.
Intel(R) Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM v4.0.0.6211
Copyright(C) 2003-04 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
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
[ [ ]-Change ]-Change
2. Enter a name for the RAID 0 set, then press <Enter>.
3. Use the up or down arrow keys to move to the R A I D L e v e l
R A I D L e v e l R A I D L e v e l
4. When the R A I D L e v e l R A I D L e v e l item is highlighted, press the up or down R A I D L e v e l
arrow key to select R A I D 0
5. Use the up or down arrow keys to move to the S t r i p e S i z e
S t r i p e S i z e S t r i p e S i z e
6. When the S t r i p e S i z e S t r i p e S i z e item is highlighted, press the up or down S t r i p e S i z e
arrow keys to select the stripe size for the RAID 0 array, then press
<Enter>.
The available stripe size values range from 8KB to 128KB. The default
stripe size is 128 KB. You must choose the stripe size value based on
the projected drive usage. For low disk usage, select 8 KB/16 KB. For
typical disk usage, select 64 KB. select 128KB for performance disk
usage.
T I P . T I P . T I P . For server systems, use of a lower array block size is
T I P . T I P .
recommended. For multimedia computer systems used mainly for audio
and video editing, a higher array block size is recommended for optimum
performance.
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A S U S P 5 A D 2 - E D e l u x e A S U S P 5 A D 2 - E D e l u x e A S U S P 5 A D 2 - E D e l u x e
[ 1 . C r e a t e R A I D V o l u m e ] [ 1 . C r e a t e R A I D V o l u m e ] [ 1 . C r e a t e R A I D V o l u m e ],
[ 1 . C r e a t e R A I D V o l u m e ]
[ CREATE ARRAY MENU
Name: RAID_Volume1
RAID Level: RAID0(Stripe)
Disks: Select Disk
Strip Size: 128KB
Capacity: 149.0GB
[ HELP ]
can not contain special characters.
[TAB]-Next [TAB]-Next [ESC] Previous Menu [ESC] Previous Menu
R A I D 0 R A I D 0
R A I D 0 R A I D 0, then press <Enter>.
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[Enter]-Select [Enter]-Select
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S t r i p e S i z e S t r i p e S i z e
S t r i p e S i z e option. S t r i p e S i z e
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