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Chapter 4 – Asus M4N82 Deluxe User Manual

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Chapter 4: Software support

Chapter 4

Creating a RAID Volume

To create a RAID volume:

1.

From the Define a New Array screen, use the key to highlight the RAID Mode

field, and then press . The following sub-menu appears.

Use the up or down arrow keys to select a RAID mode, and

then press .

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.

Stripe block size selection is not available for Mirrored or Spanned RAID arrays.

Take caution in using this option. All data on the RAID drives will be lost!

2.

Press to highlight the Stripe Block field, and then press . The following

sub-menu appears:

Use the up or down arrow keys to select the stripe size for your RAID array,

and then press .The available values range from 8 KB to 128 KB.

The default selection is Optimal. 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 highlight the Free Disks field. Use the left or right arrow keys to assign

the array disks.

4.

Press to create RAID set. The following message box appears.

All data on new (or added) disks will be overwritten. Continue?

[Y] YES [N] NO

5.

Press to clear the selected disks or to proceed without clearing the disks. The

following screen appears.

8K

16K

32K

64K

128K

Optim

Mirrored
Striped
Spanned
Striped Mirror

Clear MBR?

[Y] YES [N] NO

6.

Press to clear the MBR.