Raid Drives Management; Viewing Raid Array Configurations - MSI MS-9282 User Manual

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RAID Drives Management

There is an application called NVRAIDMAN which helps you perform the following
tasks of nVDIA RAID.

• Viewing RAID Array Configurations

View an array configuration (mirrored or striped)
• Setting Up a Spare RAID Disk
• View free and/or dedicated free disks
• Designate a free disk to a particular array
• Creating RAID Arrays
• Deleting a RAID Array
• Morphing From One RAID Array to Another
• Hot Plug Array
• Initializing a RAID Array
• Erase the data on the array by writing all zeros to the sectors of each hard
disk.
• Rebuilding a RAID Mirrored Array
• Rebuild a broken mirrored array
• W atch the progress of rebuilding an array
• Only applies to RAID 1 arrays
• Synchronizing a RAID Array
• Rebuild the redundancy in RAID 1 arrays (copy the data to the
redundant disk—the same operation as rebuilding)
Viewing RAID Array Configurations
To view your RAID configuration from W indows, launch the NVRAID Management
utility by double-clicking NvRaidMan.exe (the default location of NvRaidMan.exe is in
\\nVidia\System\MCP55\IDE\W in2k or XP\raidtool\ of the setup CD accompanied with
your mainboard).
The RAID configuration information appears in the right-side pane, as shown below.
Important
The setup screens are for demonstration only and may vary from what is shown
in your system.
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