Asus PIKE 2108 - Manual (Page 40)

2-26 Chapter 2: RAID configuration
2. Click Add To Array to move the drives to a proposed drive group
configuration in the Drive Groups panel on the right.
3. Select a preferred Power save mode. The power save mode can be Max,
Max without cache, Auto, None, and Controller defined. If you need to
undo the changes, click the Reclaim button.
4. Click Accept DG to create a RAID 6 drive group.
An icon for a second drive group displays in the right panel.
5. Click on the icon for the second drive group to select it.
6. Hold <Ctrl> while selecting at least three more ready drives in the Drives
panel to create a second drive group.
7. Click Add To Array to move the drives to a proposed drive group
configuration in the Drive Groups panel on the right.
If you need to undo the changes, click the Reclaim button.
8. Choose whether to use drive encryption. After you finish selecting drives for
the drive groups, select each drive group and click Accept DG for each.
9. Click Next. The Span Definition screen appears. This screen displays the
drive group holes you can select to add to a span.
10. Select one of the available drive groups from the Array With Free Space
drop-down list, and then click Add to SPAN.
11. Select a second drive group from the Array With Free Space drop-down list,
and click Add to SPAN.
Both drive groups display in the right frame under Span.
12. When finish, click Next. The Virtual Drive Definition screen appears. You
use this screen to select the RAID level, strip size, read policy, and other
attributes for the new virtual drive(s).
13. If there are additional drive groups with three or more drives each, you can
add them to the virtual drive.
14. Change the virtual drive options from the defaults listed on the screen as
needed.
Here are brief explanations of the virtual drive options:
• RAID Level: The drop-down menu lists the possible RAID levels for the
virtual drive. Select RAID 60.
• Strip Size: The strip size specifies the size of the segment written to
each disk in a RAID configuration. You can set the strip size up to 64 KB.
A larger strip size produces higher read performance. If your computer
regularly performs random read requests, choose a smaller strip size.
The default is 64 KB.
• Access Policy: Select the type of data access that is allowed for this
virtual drive: