Asus P5LD-MR User Manual

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5.2.3 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.

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 Disks item is highlighted, press to select the hard

disk drives to configure as RAID. The SELECT DISKS screen appears.

5 Use the up/down arrow key to highlight a drive, then press

to select. A small triangle marks the selected drive. Press

after completing your selection.

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 8 KB to 128 KB. The

default stripe size is 64 KB.

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

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.

7. 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.