6 using manual configuration: raid 10, Using manual configuration: raid 10 – MSI X2-109 v1 User Manual

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Configuration

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Note:

Click the Reclaim button if you want to undo a virtual disk
that you just defined.

11. Click Next to continue with the next configuration step.

The Virtual Disk Summary window appears.

12. Review the configuration shown in the window. If you want to change

something, click Back and change the configuration parameters.

13. Click Finish to accept the configuration and start the initialization

process (unless you selected No Initialization earlier).

7.1.6

Using Manual Configuration: RAID 10

Follow these steps to create a RAID 10 storage configuration using the
Manual Configuration mode of the Configuration Wizard:

1.

In the first Manual Configuration window, shown in

Figure 7.5

, select

two available drives in the left panel. Click the Right Arrow button to
move the selected drives to the right panel.

2.

Click Accept to accept these drives for a new RAID 1 array.

3.

Select two more drives for a second RAID 1 array, and click Accept.

4.

To add a hotspare, select an available drive in the left panel. Select
the array from the drop-down menu, and click Add Hotspare To, as
shown in

Figure 7.7

.

5.

To remove a hotspare from an array, select it in the right panel and
click Remove HotSpare.

6.

Click Next.

The next Configuration Wizard window appears, as shown in

Figure 7.6

.

The Arrays with Free Space menu lists the new arrays that you just
defined, plus any existing arrays with holes (free space) that could
be used for a new configuration.

7.

In the left panel, select the two RAID 1 arrays from the menu.

8.

In the right panel, select RAID 10 as the RAID level.

For a RAID 10 array, the entire capacity of the array is automatically
used for the new virtual disk. You cannot define another virtual disk
on this array.

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