Asus P5WD2 Installation Manual page 138

4. The Disks item is highlighted, press <Enter> to select the hard disk
drives to configure as RAID. The following pop-up screen appears.
Port Drive Model
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5. Use the up/down arrow key to highlight the drive you want to set,
then press <Space> to select. A small triangle marks the selected
drive. Press <Enter> after completing your selection.
6. When the S t r i p e S i z e
key to select the stripe size for the RAID 5 array, then press <Enter>.
The available stripe size values range from 4 KB to 128 KB. The
default stripe size is 64 KB.
T I P : T I P :
T I P : T I P : T I P : We recommend a lower stripe size for server systems, and a higher
stripe size for multimedia computer systems used mainly for audio and
video editing.
7. Key in the RAID volume capacity that you want, then press <Enter>
when the C a p a c i t y
the maximum allowed capacity.
8. Press <Enter> when the C r e a t e V o l u m e
warning message appears.
9. Press <Y> to create the RAID volume and return to the main menu or
<N> to go back to the Create Volume menu.
5 - 2 4 5 - 2 4 5 - 2 4
5 - 2 4 5 - 2 4
[ SELECT DISKS
Serial #
0 XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
1 XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
2 XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
3 XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
Select 2 to 4 disks to use in creating the volume.
[SPACE]-Selects
S t r i p e S i z e item is highlighted, press the up/down arrow S t r i p e S i z e S t r i p e S i z e S t r i p e S i z e
C a p a c i t y C a p a c i t y
C a p a c i t y C a p a c i t y item is highlighted. The default value indicates
C r e a t e V o l u m e C r e a t e V o l u m e
C r e a t e V o l u m e C r e a t e V o l u m e item is highlighted. This
WARNING: ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST.
Are you sure you want to create this volume? (Y/N):
]
Size Status
XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk
XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk
XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk
XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk
[ENTER]-Selection Complete
C h a p t e r 5 : S o f t w a r e s u p p o r t C h a p t e r 5 : S o f t w a r e s u p p o r t C h a p t e r 5 : S o f t w a r e s u p p o r t
C h a p t e r 5 : S o f t w a r e s u p p o r t C h a p t e r 5 : S o f t w a r e s u p p o r t