Sony VGN-SZ3XRP - Manual (Page 18)

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RAID Configuration (On VGN-AR series and
VGX-XL series only)
Your Sony VAIO ® computer is equipped with a RAID (Redundant Array of Independent
Disks) storage system. RAID technology allows you to manage multiple hard disk drives as
a single drive.
On VGN-AR series models with the WUXGA (1920 x 1200 pixels) LCD screen and
VGX-XL series models, you can manage 2 hard disk drives with the RAID configurations,
RAID 0 or RAID 1.
RAID 0 (‘Striped’ volume) combines two disk drives into one by splitting the data between
them. The great advantage of a RAID 0 configuration is the considerable increase in
performance of your computer. This can be useful for video and image editing, video
production...
RAID 1 (‘Mirrored’ volume) automatically copies your data to both hard disk drives. The
great advantage of a RAID 1 configuration is that if one drive fails, there is no data loss and
your computer can continue to operate normally.
Adjusting the RAID Configuration
The RAID configuration is by default set to RAID 0. However, it is possible to adjust this
configuration to RAID 1 or to disable RAID on your computer. When you choose to remove
the existing RAID configuration, you can use both hard disk drives as two separate disks.
However, the advantages of a RAID configuration are deactivated.
Make a backup of all your important data and create your own recovery discs before you change
the RAID configuration of your computer. When you change the RAID configuration, all data on
the computer will be lost!
To adjust the RAID configuration
1 Start up the computer with the first Recovery Disc inserted.
2 In the first screen, click the Change RAID button.
The first screen of the wizard appears.
This screen gives you more information about RAID.
3 To continue the RAID configuration, click Next.
You now get an overview of the current RAID Configuration on the computer.
4 Click Next.
In the screen that appears, you can select between different configurations for the
computer's hard disk drives:
❑
Create a Striped (RAID 0) volume and install the original factory software.
❑ Create a Mirrored (RAID 1) volume and install the original factory software.
❑ Remove the existing RAID configuration to make the drives independent and
install the original factory software.
5 Select the appropriate configuration and click Next.
You now get an overview of the current RAID configuration and of the future
configuration that will be applied once you have finished the wizard.
6 Click Next.
7 In the confirmation screen, click Yes to finalize the RAID configuration or click No to
go back to the previous screen.
If you click Yes, the RAID configuration will be updated.
8 Click Restart to confirm the configuration and perform a hard disk recovery.
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