Creating a raid 10 set (raid 0+1) – Asus P5E3 User Manual

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Chapter 5: Software support

Creating a RAID 10 set (RAID 0+1)

To create a RAID 10 set:

1. 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 ICH9R 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

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

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

4. 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.

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.

5. Key in the RAID volume capacity that you want then press when

the Capacity item is highlighted. The default value indicates the maximum

allowed capacity.

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