Rosewill HDD RAID RSV-S4-X - Manual (Page 4)

4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System RSV-S4-X User Manual
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3.3.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY ............................................................................................................................................ 21
3.3.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP......................................................................................................................................................... 25
3.3.4 ALLOCATING PARTITION .......................................................................................................................................................... 25
3.4 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS XP (32/64-BIT).........................................................................................32
3.4.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER ..................................................................................................................... 32
3.4.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY ............................................................................................................................................ 35
3.4.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP......................................................................................................................................................... 39
3.4.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS ON WINDOWS XP 32-BIT .......................................................................................................... 39
3.4.5 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS ON WINDOWS XP 64-BIT .......................................................................................................... 46
3.5 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS SERVER 2003 (32/64-BIT) ....................................................................55
3.5.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER ..................................................................................................................... 55
3.5.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY ............................................................................................................................................ 58
3.5.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP......................................................................................................................................................... 62
3.5.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS........................................................................................................................................................ 62
3.6 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS VISTA (32/64-BIT)...................................................................................71
3.6.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER ..................................................................................................................... 71
3.6.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY ............................................................................................................................................ 73
3.6.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP......................................................................................................................................................... 77
3.6.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS........................................................................................................................................................ 77
4 SATA RAID5 ARRAY MANAGER ..........................................................................84
4.1 OVERVIEW ...................................................................................................................................................84
4.2 CREATING RAID GROUPS .......................................................................................................................85
4.2.1 CONTIGUOUS RAID GROUPS .................................................................................................................................................. 85
4.2.2 CONCATENATED RAID GROUPS............................................................................................................................................. 86
4.2.3 STRIPED RAID GROUPS ............................................................................................................................................................ 86
4.2.4 MIRRORED RAID GROUPS ....................................................................................................................................................... 87
4.2.5 MIRRORED STRIPED RAID GROUPS ...................................................................................................................................... 87
4.2.6 PARITY RAID GROUPS............................................................................................................................................................... 88
4.2.7 RAID GROUPS OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................................ 89
4.3 ADDITIONAL MENU COMMANDS .........................................................................................................91
4.3.1 CONFIGURATION........................................................................................................................................................................ 92
4.3.2 EXIT................................................................................................................................................................................................ 97
4.3.3 CREATE SPARE ........................................................................................................................................................................... 98
4.3.4 DELETE SPARE............................................................................................................................................................................ 98
4.3.5 DELETE MEMBER ....................................................................................................................................................................... 99
4.3.6 DELETE ORPHAN ........................................................................................................................................................................ 99