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4. The Disks item is highlighted, press to select the hard disk drives to

configure as RAID. The following screen appears.

5. Use the up/down arrow key to highlight the drive you want to set, and then

press to select. A small triangle marks the selected drive. Press

after completing your selection.

6. When the Stripe Size item is highlighted, press the up/down arrow key to

select the stripe size for the RAID 5 array, and then press . The

available stripe size values range from 16 KB to 128 KB. The default stripe

size is 64 KB.

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. Enter the RAID volume capacity that you want and then press . The

default value indicates the maximum allowed capacity.

8. Press when the Create Volume item is highlighted. The following

warning message appears.

WARNING: ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST.

Are you sure you want to create this volume? (Y/N):

9. Press to create the RAID volume and return to the main menu or to

go back to the Create Volume menu.

[

SELECT DISKS

]

[↑↓]-Previous/Next [SPACE]-SelectsDisk [ENTER]-Done

Port Drive Model Serial # Size Status

0 XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk

1 XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk
2 XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk
3 XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk

Select 3 to 6 disks to use in creating the volume.