Creating a raid 1 set (mirrored) – Asus Striker Extreme User Manual

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2. Select RAID 1 then press

<Enter> to display the

following.

MAIN MENU

Auto configuration

Manual configuration

c. The selection bar moves to the

Physical Drive menu Using the up

or down arrowkeys, select a drive

then press <Enter> to set the first

drive of the RAID set.

d. Repeat step c to set the

second, third, and fourth drive. The

number of available drives depend

on the installed and enabled

physical drives in the system.

TIP: For server systems, we recommend using a lower array block size. For

multimedia computer systems used mainly for audio and video editing, we

recommend a higher array block size for optimum performance.

PHYSICAL DRIVE

0 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXMB

1 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXMB

2 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXMB

3 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXMB

Creating a RAID 1 set (Mirrored)

To create a RAID 1 set:
1. From the Silicon Image

configuration utility main

menu, select Create RAID

set then press <Enter>.

The following sub-menu

appears.

MAIN MENU

Create RAID set

Delete RAID set

Rebuild Raid1 set

Resolve Conflicts

Low Level Format

Logical Drive Info

RAID0

RAID1

RAID10

SPARE DRIVE

RAID0

RAID1

SPARE DRIVE

CONCATENATION

e. The utility prompts a message to input the RAID size, use the up or

down arrow keys to set the RAID size then press <Enter>.

f. Press <Y> to confirm or <N> to return to the Main Menu.

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