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Creating a raid volume – Asus P5AD2 Deluxe User Manual

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At the bottom of the screen are the navigation keys. These keys allow you
to move through and select menu options.

Creating a RAID Volume

Creating a RAID Volume

Creating a RAID Volume

Creating a RAID Volume

Creating a RAID Volume

To create a RAID volume:

1.

From the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM utility main
menu, select 1 . C r e a t e R A I D V o l u m e

1 . C r e a t e R A I D V o l u m e

1 . C r e a t e R A I D V o l u m e

1 . C r e a t e R A I D V o l u m e

1 . C r e a t e R A I D V o l u m e then press . The

following screen appears.

[

HELP

]

Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length taht can be used
to uniquely identify the RAID volume. This name is case sensitive and

can not contain special characters.

Intel(R) Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM v4.0.0.6211

Copyright(C) 2003-04 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

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CREATE ARRAY MENU

]

Name:

RAID_Volume1

RAID Level: RAID0(Stripe)
Disks:

Select Disk

Strip Size:

128KB

Capacity:

149.0GB

[ ]-Change

[ ]-Change

[TAB]-Next

[TAB]-Next

[ESC] Previous Menu

[ESC] Previous Menu

[Enter]-Select

[Enter]-Select

2.

Key-in a unique name for your RAID volume then press .

3.

Use the up or down arrow keys to select your desired RAID Level then
press .
a. If you selected RAID 0 (Stripe), use the up or down arrow keys to

select the stripe size for your RAID 0 array then press .The
available values range from 8 KB to 128 KB. The default selection
is 128 KB. The strip value should be chosen based on the planned
drive usage.

• 8 /16 KB - low disk usage
• 64 KB - typical disk usage
• 128 KB - performance disk usage

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[ ]-Change

[TAB]-Next

[TAB]-Next

[ESC] Previous Menu

[ESC] Previous Menu

[Enter]-Select

[Enter]-Select