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Building a raid volume, Me, see – Adaptec Storage Manager User Manual

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Step 4: Building Your Storage Space

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Building a RAID Volume

A RAID Volume comprises two or more logical drives connected end-
to-end. The logical drives in a RAID Volume:

Must be built using disk drives connected to the same controller.

Must have the same RAID level assigned.

Must not be striped together.

May have equal or different capacities.

To build a RAID Volume:

1

Create two or more logical drives that meet the requirements listed
above, and wait for them to build and initialize. For instructions, see

Express Configuration: Building the Easy Way on page 48

or

Custom

Configuration (Advanced) on page 51

.

The example below shows two RAID 5 logical drives.

2

On the toolbar, click Create.

3

When the configuration wizard opens, select Custom
configuration...
, then click Next.