Asus P5N32-E SLI Plus - Manual (Page 145)

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Creating a RAID Volume
To create a RAID volume:
1. From the NVIDIA ® RAID utility Define a New Array menu, select RAID Mode
then press . The following submenu appears.
Use the up or down arrow keys to select a
RAID mode then press .
Mirroring
Striping
Stripe Mirroring
Spanning
TIP: For server systems, we recommend using a lower array block size. For
multimedia computer systems used mainly for audio and video editing, we
recommend a higher array block size for optimum performance.
Take caution in using this option. All data on the RAID drives will be lost!
2. Press select the Striping
Block then press . The
following submenu appears:
If you selected Striping or Stripe Mirroring, 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
3.` Press to select the Free Disks area. Use the left or right arrow keys to
assign the array disks.
4. Press to create RAID set. The following message box appears.
Clear disk data?
[Y] YES [N] NO
5. Press to clear the selected disks or to proceed without clearing the
disks. The following screen appears.
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