Configuring For Raid Using The Intel ® Application Accelerator - Dell Dimension 9150 Owner's Manual

4 Press <y> to confirm the deletion of the RAID volume.
5 Press <Esc> to exit the Intel RAID Option ROM utility.
Configuring for RAID Using the Intel
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 Configuration" on page 33 or "Migrating to a RAID Level 1 Configuration" on page 34).
Create a RAID level 0 volume or RAID level 1 volume only when:
• You are adding two new drives to an existing single-drive computer (and the operating system
is on the single drive), and you want to configure the two new drives into a RAID volume.
• You already have a two-hard drive computer configured into a volume, but you still have some
space left on the volume that you want to designate as a second RAID volume.
Creating a RAID Level 0 Configuration
NOTE:
1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see page 30).
2 Click Start and point to Programs→ Intel(R) Application Accelerator→ Intel Matrix
Storage Manager to launch the Intel
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mode (see page 30).
3 On the Actions menu, select Create RAID Volume to launch the Create RAID Volume
Wizard, and then click Next.
4 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you want to include in your
RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow.
5 Click a second hard drive. To add a third hard drive in your RAID level 0 volume, click the
right arrow and click on the third drive until three drives appear in the Selected window, and
then click Next.
6 In the Specify Volume Size window, click the Volume Size desired, and then click Next.
7 Click Finish to create the volume, or click Back to make changes.
Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration
NOTE:
1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see page 30).
2 Click the Start button and point to Programs→ Intel(R) Application Accelerator→ Intel
Matrix Storage Manager to launch the Intel
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When you perform this operation, all data on the RAID drives will be lost.
If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled
When you perform this operation, all data on the RAID drives will be lost.
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Application Accelerator
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Storage Utility.
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Storage Utility.