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E.4 raid options – IEI Integration ROCKY-3786 v4.0 User Manual

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OS. To do this, please refer to the documentation that came with the OS.

Step 0:

E.4 RAID Options:

E.4.1 Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance

WARNING!

All data previously stored on the member drives of a RAID configuration are

destroyed

during the RAID initialization process. If “used” drives are used to

create a RAID array, make sure the data has been moved or backed up

before creating a RAID array out of the disk drives.

Step 1:

Select “Create RAID 0 Striping for Performance”. Use the arrow keys to highlight

Create RAID0 Striping for Performance and press E

NTER

. A flashing ‘S’ appears

on the Drive Menu where the member drives to be included in the RAID 0 array

can be chosen.

Step 2:

Select RAID array drive members. Use the space bar to select members of the

RAID array. The flashing cursor changes to a lower case ‘s’ once any of the

connected disk drives has been selected. Follow the same method to select

another member drive.

Step 3:

Confirm. The Create RAID0(Y/N) confirm box appears. Press Y.

Step 4:

Name the array. Enter a nickname for the created array. Upper and lower case

alphabetic, numeric, space, and underscore characters are all applicable for

naming an array.

Step 0:

NOTE:

1. To reduce the chance of losing data, ALi imposes certain limitations on the

RAID configuration options. PATA drives connected on the same IDE

channel cannot be selected as the members of a RAID 0 array. Avoid