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5.2.2
Creating a RAID Volume
To create a RAID 0 set:
1.
From the Define a New Array menu,
select RAID Mode, then press
<Enter>. A pop-up menu appears.
Use the up or down arrow keys to
select a RAID mode , then press
<Enter>. You can select either
Mirrored, Striped, Spanned, Striped
Mirror, or RAID 5.
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Press <TAB> to select the Stripe
2.
Block option, then press <Enter>.
The following submenu appears: The
available stripe size values range
from 4KB to 128KB. The default stripe
size is Optimal (64KB). You must
choose the stripe size value based
on the projected drive usage. For
low disk usage, select 4 KB/16 KB.
For typical disk usage, select 64 KB.
Select 128KB for performance disk
usage.
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Press <TAB> to move to the Free Disks section. Highlight the hard disk
3.
drives that you want to add in the RAID set, then press the right arrow key
to select. The selected hard disk drives appear in the Array Disks section.
Repeat the process until all desired hard disk drives are added.
5-4
The RAID mode is set to Mirrored by default.
Not all RAID modes are supported on all platforms, and supported RAID
modes may vary with the available hard disk drives.
For server systems, we recommend using a lower array block size. For
multimedia computer systems used mainly for audio and video editing, we
recommend a higher array block size for optimum performance.
Stripe Block may be dimmed and become unavailable for some RAID
modes.
Mirrored
Striped
Spanned
Striped Mirror
RAID 5
4K
↑
8K
16K
32K
64K
128K
↓
Optim
Chapter 5: RAID configuration
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