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6. It is now entering “

Strip Size” menu. Use Up or Down arrow key to select the desired

strip size. The available values range from 4KB to 128KB. The strip value should be
selected based on different applications. Some suggested choices are :

16K - Best for sequential transfer.
64K - Good general purpose strip size.
128K - Best performance for most desktops and workstations .
The default value is 128K for RAID0. Press .

7. In “

Capacity” line, it displays there are maximum 232.9GB * 2 = 465.8GB available.

As we want to introduce how to create two disk volumes (like logical devices C: and
D:) in a RAID0 system, so we only key in 200GB here to build the first volume. Later,
we will also describe how the second volume is generated. Input 200GB, and press
.

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

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The default value indicates the maximum capacity using the selected

disks. Entering a lower capacity allows you to create a second

volume on these disks

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.5.0.1013 ICH10R wRAID5

Copyright(C) 2003-08 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Name:

RAID Level:

Disks:

Strip Size:

Capacity:

TryRAID0

RAID0(Stripe)

Select Disks

128KB

465.8 GB

Create Volume

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select

[

HELP

]

465.8

[

CREATE VOLUME MENU

]

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5.0.0.1011 ICH9R wRAID5

Copyright(C) 2003-04 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved.

The following are typical values:

RAID0 - 128KB

RAID10 - 64KB

RAID5 - 64KB

Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v8.5.0.1013 ICH10R wRAID5

Copyright(C) 2003-08 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Name:

RAID Level:

Disks:

Strip Size:

Capacity:

TryRAID0

RAID0(Stripe)

Select Disks

128KB

465.8 GB

Create Volume

[↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [ENTER]-Select

[

HELP

]

128KB

[

CREATE VOLUME MENU

]