Configuring Your Hard Drives For Raid - Dell INSPIRON 530 DCMF Owner's Manual

If a drive failure occurs, subsequent read and write operations are directed to
the surviving drive. A replacement drive can then be rebuilt using the data
from the surviving drive. Also, because data is duplicated on both drives, two
120-GB RAID level 1 drives collectively have a maximum of 120-GB on which
to store data.
NOTE:
In a RAID level 1 configuration, the size of the configuration is equal to the
size of the smallest drive in the configuration.

Configuring Your Hard Drives for RAID

Your computer can be configured for RAID even if you did not select a RAID
configuration when you purchased your computer. You must have at least two
hard drives installed in your computer to set up a RAID configuration. For
instructions on how to install a hard drive, see "Hard Drives" on page 125.
You can use one of two methods to configure RAID hard drive volumes. One
method uses the Intel
install the operating system onto the hard drive. The second method uses the
Intel Matrix Storage Manager or Intel Storage Utility, and this method is
performed after you have installed the operating system and the Intel Storage
Utility. Both methods require that you set your computer to RAID-enabled
mode before starting any of the RAID configuration procedures in this document.
Both methods require that you set your computer to RAID-enabled mode
before you begin.
Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode
1 Enter the system setup (see "Entering System Setup" on page 168).
2 Press the left- and right-arrow keys to highlight Drives tab.
3 Press the up- and down-arrow keys to highlight Drive Controller, then
press <Enter>.
4 Press the up- and down-arrow keys to highlight RAID On, and then press
<Enter>.
NOTE:
on page 170.
5 Press the up- and down-arrow keys to highlight Save/Exit, and press
<Enter> to exit system setup and resume the boot process.
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Option ROM utility, and is performed before you
For more information about RAID options, see "System Setup Options"