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Creating a raid set (mirrored) – Asus M2N32-SLI User Manual

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Chapter : Software support

2. Select RAID then

press to display

the following.

MAIN MENU

Auto configuration

Manual configuration

c. The selection bar moves to

the Physical Drive menu.

Using the up or down arrow

keys, select a drive then

press to set the

first drive of the RAID set.

d. Repeat step c to set the second, third, and fourth drive. The

number of available drives depend on the installed and enabled

physical drives in the system.

e. The utility prompts a message to input the RAID size, use the up

or down arrow keys to set the RAID size then press .

f. Press to confirm or to return to the Main Menu.

TIP: For server systems, we recommend using a lower array block

size. For multimedia computer systems used mainly for audio and

video editing, we recommend a higher array block size for optimum

performance.

PHYSICAL DRIVE

0 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXMB

1 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXMB

2 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXMB

3 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXMB

Creating a RAID set (Mirrored)

To create a RAID set:

. From the Silicon Image

configuration utility

main menu, select

Create RAID set 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

CONCATENATION