Asus P5GD2 Premium - Manual (Page 144)

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2. Select R A I D 5 R A I D 5 R A I D 5 R A I D 5 R A I D 5 then
press to
display the following.
MAIN MENU
Auto configuration
Manual configuration
Creating a RAID 5 set (Parity) Creating a RAID 5 set (Parity) Creating a RAID 5 set (Parity) Creating a RAID 5 set (Parity) Creating a RAID 5 set (Parity)
To create a RAID 5 set:
1. 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 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.
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
3. Select your desired method of configuration.
A u t o c o n f i g u r a t i o n A u t o c o n f i g u r a t i o n A u t o c o n f i g u r a t i o n A u t o c o n f i g u r a t i o n A u t o c o n f i g u r a t i o n
a. Select Auto Configuration then press .
b. The utility prompts a message to input the RAID size, use the up
or down arrow keys to set the RAID size then press .
c. Press to confirm or to return to the Main Menu.
MAIN MENU
Auto configuration
Manual configuration
chunk size
4K
8K
16K
32K
64K
128K
M a n u a l c o n f i g u r a t i o n M a n u a l c o n f i g u r a t i o n M a n u a l c o n f i g u r a t i o n M a n u a l c o n f i g u r a t i o n M a n u a l c o n f i g u r a t i o n
a. Select M a n u a l
M a n u a l M a n u a l M a n u a l M a n u a l
c o n f i g u r a t i o n c o n f i g u r a t i o n c o n f i g u r a t i o n c o n f i g u r a t i o n c o n f i g u r a t i o n and
press . The
following pop-up
menu appears.
b. Use the up or down
arrow keys to select
a chunk size
appropriate to your
drive usage then press .
T I P : T I P : T I P : 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.