Creating a raid 1 set (mirrored) – Asus P5AD2-E Premium User Manual

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Creating a RAID 1 set (Mirrored)

To create a RAID 1 set:

From the Silicon Image
configuration utility
main menu, select
C r e a t e R A I D s e t

C r e a t e R A I D s e t

C r e a t e R A I D s e t
then press .
The following sub-menu
appears.

Select R A I D 1

R A I D 1

R A I D 1 then

press to
display the following.

MAIN MENU

Auto configuration

Manual configuration

b. Use the up or down arrow keys to select a chunk size appropriate

to your drive usage, then press . The selection bar moves
to the Physical Drive menu.

PHYSICAL DRIVE

0 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXMB

1 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXMB
2 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXMB
3 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXMB

c. The selection bar moves to the Physical Drive menu. Using the up

or down arrow keys, select a drive, then press to set the
first drive of the RAID set.

d. Repeat step c to set the second, third, and fourth drive. The

number of available drives depend on the installed and enabled
physical drives in the system.

e. The utility prompts you to input the RAID size, use the up or down

arrow keys to set the RAID size, then press .

f. Press to confirm or to return to the Main Menu.

T I P :

T I P : For server systems, use of a lower array block size is recommended.
For multimedia computer systems used mainly for audio and video editing,
a higher array block size is recommended for optimum performance.

MAIN MENU

Create RAID set

Delete RAID set
Rebuild Raid1 set
Resolve Conflicts
Low Level Format
Logical Drive Info

RAID0

RAID1

RAID10

SPARE DRIVE

RAID0

RAID1

RAID5

RAID10

SPARE DRIVE

JBOD