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Creating a RAID Volume

To create a RAID volume:

1. From the NVIDIA

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then press <Enter>. The following submenu appears.

Use the up or down arrow keys to select a

RAID mode then press <Enter>.

Mirroring

Striping

Stripe Mirroring

Spanning

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multimedia computer systems used mainly for audio and video editing, we

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Take caution in using this option. All data on the RAID drives will be lost!

2. Press <TAB> select the Striping

Block then press <Enter>. The

following submenu appears:

If you selected Striping or Stripe Mirroring, use the up or down arrow keys to

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values range from 8 KB to 128 KB. The default selection is 128 KB. The strip

value should be chosen based on the planned drive usage.

• 8 /16 KB - low disk usage

• 64 KB - typical disk usage

• 128 KB - performance disk usage

3.` Press <TAB> to select the Free Disks area. Use the left or right arrow keys to

assign the array disks.

4. Press <F7> to create RAID set. The following message box appears.

Clear disk data?

[Y] YES [N] NO

5. Press <Y> to clear the selected disks or <N> to proceed without clearing the

disks. The following screen appears.

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