CyberResearch CPEN GX-333-X - Manual (Page 90)

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WARNING!
All data previously stored on the member drives of a RAID configuration will
be destroyed during the RAID initialization process. If you use “used” drives
to create a RAID array, make you have moved or backed up your data
before creating a RAID array out of these disk drives.
Step 5. Next you will be prompted to provide a nickname for the created array.
Upper and lower case alphabetic, numeric, space, and underscore
characters are all applicable for naming an array.
Step 6. Once an array is successfully created, it will be listed in the list of the
configured arrays.
NOTE:
To reduce the chance of losing data, ALi imposed limitations on the RAID
configuration options. For example, Parallel-ATA drives connected on the
same IDE channel cannot be selected as the members of a RAID1 array.
Mixing Parallel- and Serial-ATA disk drives in a RAID1 array should also be
avoided.
2.4 Stripe Size
The change to stripe size takes effect on RAID0 arrays. Configurable options are:
64K (default), 32K, 16K, 8K, and 4K. If you can be certain that your I/Os to the hard
drives are small and randomly occurred, you can select a small stripe size. If your
I/Os are mostly large and come in sequential orders, e.g., A/V playback and editing
applications, choose a larger stripe size.
The default value, 64K, should be appropriate for most applications.
2.5 Delete RAID Setting & Partition
Step 1. To delete an existing RAID configuration, use your arrow keys to highlight
and press Enter to activate this item. An ‘E’ flashing character will appear
at the Drive Selection Menu where you can choose the member drives to
be removed from an existing configuration.
Step 2. You should then be prompted by “Data on RAID drives will be erased
(Y/N)?”
Step 3. Press Y and then the RAID configuration will be invalidated.
WARNING!
If you delete a RAID configuration, all data previously stored on the member
drives of the RAID configuration will be destroyed.
2.6 Delete All RAID Setting & Partition
Step 1. To delete all existing RAID configurations, use your arrow keys to highlight
and press Enter to activate this item.