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Asus PIKE 2208 User Manual

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Chapter 2: RAID configuration

9. Click Yes to confirm the write policy

mode you have chosen.

10. Click Next after you finish defining

virtual drives. The configuration

preview screen appears, as shown

in the right figure.

11. Check the information in the

configuration preview screen.

12. If the virtual drive configuration is

acceptable, click Accept to save

the configuration. Otherwise, click

Back to return to the previous screens and change the configuration.

13. If you accept the configuration, click Yes at the prompt to save the

configuration.

14. Click Yes at the prompt to start initialization.
15. After the virtual drive is successfully

created, the Manage SSD Caching

screen appears. Click Cancel to

close the sceen.

Using Manual Configuration: RAID 1

In RAID 1, the RAID controller duplicates all data from one drive to a second

drive. RAID 1 provides complete data redundancy, but at the cost of doubling the

required data storage capacity. It is appropriate for small databases or any other

environment that requires fault tolerance but small capacity.
When you select Manual Configuration and click Next, the Drive Group

Definition screen appears. Use this screen to select drives to create drive groups.
1. Hold while selecting two ready drives in the Drives panel on the left.
2. Click Add to Array to move the drives to a proposed drive group

configuration in the Drive Groups panel on the right.

3. Select a preferred power save mode. The power save mode can be Max,

Max without cache, Auto, None, and Controller defined. If you need to

undo the changes, click the Reclaim button.