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Chapter 4, Deleting a raid set – Asus P8H77-M PRO User Manual

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5.

Use the up/down arrow key to select a drive, and then press to select. A small

triangle marks the selected drive. Press after completing your selection.

6.

Use the up/down arrow key to select the stripe size for the RAID array (for RAID 0, 10

and 5 only),and then press . The available stripe size values range from 4KB

to 128KB. The following are typical values:

RAID 0: 128KB

RAID 10: 64KB

RAID 5: 64KB

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.

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.

7.

When the Capacity item is selected, enter the RAID volume capacity that you want

and press . The default value indicates the maximum allowed capacity.

8.

When the Create Volume item is selected, press . The following warning

message appears:

Deleting a RAID set

Take caution when deleting a RAID set. You will lose all data on the hard disk drives when

you delete a RAID set.

To delete a RAID set:
1.

From the utility main menu, select 2. Delete RAID Volume and press . The

following screen appears:

2.

Enter a name for the RAID set and press .

3.

When the RAID Level item is selected, press the up/down arrow key to select a RAID

level to create, and then press .

4.

When the Disks item is selected, press to select the hard disk drives you want

to include in the RAID set. The SELECT DISKS screen appears:

[ SELECT DISKS ]

Port Drive Model Serial # Size Status

0 ST3160812AS 9LS0HJA4 149.0GB Non-RAID Disk

1 ST3160812AS 9LS0F4HL 149.0GB Non-RAID Disk

2 ST3160812AS 3LS0JYL8 149.0GB Non-RAID Disk

3 ST3160812AS 9LS0BJ5H 149.0GB Non-RAID Disk

Select 2 to 6 disks to use in creating the volume.

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