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Wd raid manager for windows, Configuring raid – Western Digital Studio Edition II User Manual

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MY BOOK STUDIO EDITION II

USER MANUAL

WD RAID MANAGER FOR WINDOWS – 22

WD RAID Manager for Windows

WD RAID Manager is a tool designed to help you easily manage your RAID system,
including changing the RAID configuration and formatting the device. To launch
WD RAID Manager, click the WD Drive Manager system tray icon and point to
WD My Book. Click WD RAID Manager.

Configuring RAID

My Book Studio Edition II is preformatted for HFS+ (Journaled) and is preconfigured
for RAID 0 (Striped) mode for maximum capacity and accelerated performance. This
product also supports RAID 1 (Mirrored) mode for data protection which dedicates
half the capacity to mirror the data on both drives A and B.

1. To configure or change the RAID setting, select the device from the menu and

click Next.

2. Select the desired RAID configuration by clicking RAID 0 or RAID 1 (the

following example shows RAID 1). Select Quick NTFS format if you want the
drive formatted automatically following completion of the new RAID setting.

Important: Before you proceed, make sure to back up all files stored in My Book
onto another storage device.

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