Rebuilding A Raid Configuration - Dell XPS DCDR01 Owner's Manual

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5 Under RAID Mode Selection, select Mirroring or Striping from the
drop-down menu.
6 Click Next.
NOTICE:
You will lose all data on the selected drives in the next step.
7 Under Free Disk Selection, select the hard drive(s) you want to include in
the (migrated) array by clicking the checkbox beside it.
8 Click Finish.
The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays
the status of the upgrade/migration process along with any other installed
hard drives.
NOTE:
as the speed of the CPU, the type and size of the hard drive being used, the
operating system, etc.

Rebuilding a RAID Configuration

If one of the hard drives in a RAID array fails, you can rebuild the array by
restoring the data to a replacement drive.
NOTE:
Rebuilding an array can only be performed on RAID 1 configuration.
1 Launch Nvidia MediaShield.
2 Click to select your RAID configuration (Mirroring) in the management
utility window.
3 Select Rebuild Array in the System Tasks pane.
The NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard appears.
4 Click Next.
5 Select the hard drive you want to rebuild by clicking the checkbox beside it.
6 Click Next.
7 Click Finish.
The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays
the status of the rebuild process.
NOTE:
You can use your computer while the computer is rebuilding the array.
NOTE:
You can use any available (RAID-enabled) free disk to rebuild an array.
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About RAID Configurations
The time it takes to convert an array depends on several factors, such

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