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Asus P7P55 WS SUPERCOMPUTER User Manual

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Chapter 4: Software support

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 �, 1� and 5 only), and then press . The available stripe size

values range from 4 KB to 128 KB. 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.

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.

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.