MSI Z170M MORTAR User Manual page 77

Creating RAID Volume
1. Select option Create RAID Volume and press Enter key. The following screen
appears.
[ ↑↓] - Change
2. Specify a RAID Volume name and then press the Tab or Enter key to go to the
next field
3. Use the ↑↓←→ arrow keys to select the RAID level best suited to your usage
model in RAID Level.
4. In the Disk field, press Enter key and use Space key to select the disks you want
to create for the RAID volume, then click Enter key to finish selection. This field
will become available according to the selected RAID level.
5. Select the strip size for the RAID array by using the ↑ upper arrow or ↓ down
arrow keys to scroll through the available values, and pressing the Enter key
to select and advance to the next field. The available values range from 4KB to
128 KB in power of 2 increments. The strip size should be chosen based on the
planned drive usage. Here are some typical values:
RAID0 -128KB / RAID10 - 64KB / RAID5 - 64KB.
Select the capacity of the volume in the Capacity field. The default value is the
6.
maximum volume capacity of the selected disks.
Important
Since you want to create two volumes, this default size (maximum) needs to be
reduced. Type in a new size for the first volume. As an example: if you want the
first volume to span the first half of the two disks, re-type the size to be half of what
is shown by default. The second volume, when created, will automatically span the
remainder of two hard drives.
7. Go to the Create Volume field and press Enter, a WARNING message will
appear for you to confirm if you are sure to create the RAID volume. Press Y to
continue.
[ CREATE VOLUME MENU
Name : Volume0
RAID Level : RAID1(Mirror)
Disks : Select Disks
Strip Size : N / A
Capacity : XXX.X GB
Sync : N / A
Create Volume
HELP
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RAID 1 : Mirrors data (redundancy) .
[TAB] - Next [ESC] - Previous Menu
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[ENTER] - Select
RAID Configuration (optional)
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