Migrating to a raid level 1 configuration – Dell OptiPlex 755 User Manual
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1.
Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see
Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode
).
2.
Click the Start button and point to All Programs® Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager® Intel Matrix Storage Console to launch the Intel Storage Utility.
3.
On the Actions menu, select Create RAID Volume From Existing Hard Drive to launch the Migration Wizard.
4.
Click Next on the Migration Wizard screen.
5.
Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default.
6.
From the drop-down box, select RAID 0 as the RAID level.
7.
Select the appropriate stripe size from the drop-down box, and then click Next.
8.
On the Select Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from which you want to migrate, and click Next.
9.
On the Select Member Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive(s) to select the member drive(s) to span the stripe array, and click Next.
10.
On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the Volume Size you want, and click Next.
11.
Click Finish to start migrating, or click Back to make changes. You can use your computer normally during the migration process.
Migrating to a RAID Level 1 Configuration
1.
Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see
Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode
).
2.
Click the Start button and point to All Programs® Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager® Intel Matrix Storage Console to launch the Intel Storage Utility.
3.
On the Actions menu, click Create RAID Volume From Existing Hard Drive to launch the Migration Wizard.
4.
Click Next on the first Migration Wizard screen.
5.
Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default.
6.
From the drop-down box, select RAID 1 as the RAID level.
7.
On the Select Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from which you want to migrate, and click Next.
8.
On the Select Member Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive to select the member drive that you want to act as the mirror in the configuration,
and click Next.
9.
On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the volume size you want, and click Next.
10.
Click Finish to start migrating, or click Back to make changes. You can use your computer normally during migration process.
NOTE:
If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode.
NOTE:
Select the stripe size closest to the size of the average file you want to store on the RAID volume. If you do not know the average file size,
choose 128 KB as your stripe size.
NOTE:
Select the hard drive that you want to use as your source hard drive (it should be the hard drive containing the data or operating system files
that you want to keep on the RAID volume).
NOTE:
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, all data contained on the member drive removed.
NOTE:
If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode.
NOTE:
Select the hard drive that you want to use as your source hard drive (it should be the hard drive containing the data or operating system files
that you want to keep on the RAID volume).
NOTE:
In