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2.
You may use two new drives, or use an existing drive and a new drive to
create a RAID 1 (mirroring) array for data protection (the new drive must be
of the same size or larger than the existing drive). If you use two drives of
different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will be the base storage size.
For example, if one hard disk has an 80GB storage capacity and the other
hard disk has 60GB, the maximum storage capacity for the RAID 1 set is
60GB.
3.
Please verify the status of your hard disks before you set up your new RAID
array.
WARNING!!
Please backup your data first before you create RAID functions. In the process you
create RAID, the system will ask if you want to "Clear Disk Data" or not. It is
recommended to select "Yes", and then your future data building will operate under a
clean environment.
1.3
Create Disk Array
Power on your system. After adjusting the system BIOS to RAID mode, the below
window appears.
After rebooting your computer, wait until you see the RAID software prompting you to
press <F10>. The RAID prompt appears as a part of the system POST and boot
process prior to loading the OS. You have a few seconds to press <F10> before the
window disappears.
After you press <F10>, the NVIDIA RAID Utility - Define a New Array window
appears. By default, RAID Mode is set to Mirroring, but please set it to Striping if you
want to create RAID 0. And the Striping Block is set to Optimal as default. We take
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