Creating a raid 10 set using the intel – Asus P5W User Manual

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Chapter 5: Software support

Creating a RAID 10 set using the Intel

Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility

To create a RAID 10 set:

1. Turn on the system.
2. During POST, press to display the utility main menu.
3. From the utility main menu, select 1. Create RAID Volume, then press

. This screen appears.

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM v5.0.0.1032 ICH7R wRAID5

[

CREATE ARRAY MENU

]

[

DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION

]

Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used

to uniquely identify the RAID volume. This name is case sensitive and

cannot contain special characters.

Name:

RAID Level:

Disks:

Strip Size:

Capacity:

Volume10

RAID10(RAID0+1)

Select Disks

128KB
XXX.X GB

Create Volume

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select

4. Enter a name for the RAID 10 set, then press .
5. When the RAID Level item is highlighted, press the up/down arrow key to

select RAID 10(RAID0+1), then press .

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

select the stripe size for the RAID 10 array, then press . The available

stripe size values range from 4 KB to 128 KB. The default stripe size is 64

KB.

TIP: 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.