Dell Software RAID with Microsoft Disk Management - Manual (Page 12)

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Software RAID with Microsoft Disk Management
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Use the following procedure to add a mirror to your operating system partition:
NOTICE:
If in Disk 0 there are any number of partitions in the graphical layout to the left of the operating
system volume, format an equal number of 1-MB partitions (in Disk 1) prior to adding a mirror of the
operating system volume. This will ensure that you will be able to boot from your mirrored operating
system volume if your primary operating system volume (Disk 0) fails. For more information on booting
from a mirrored operating system volume, see the Microsoft online help at
support.microsoft.com.
1 Log in to the system.
2 Launch the Disk Management utility.
3 Right-click the operating system volume and click Add Mirror.
4 Select Disk 1 to use to create the mirror, and click Add Mirror.
Your operating system volume starts synchronizing. On completion, your operating system volume
will be fault-tolerant.
NOTE:
If a power failure occurs or you reboot your system while a volume is synchronizing after adding
a mirror, the mirror will be lost and your volume will not be fault-tolerant. Always ensure that the
synchronizing process completes after adding a mirror and that the status of the volume is
displayed as Healthy
.
NOTE:
During synchronizing of the operating system or data drives, the overall performance
of the system may decrease.
To create a RAID 1 data volume:
1 Right-click Disk 0 and select New Volume.
The New Volume Wizard appears.
2 Click Next.
3 Select Mirrored Volume
4 Click Next.
You are prompted to use the dynamic disks and create the volume size.
5 Select Disk 1 and click Add.
6 Click Next.
7 Click Assign a drive letter, select the drive letter, and click Next.
8 Ensure that Format this volume and NTFS are selected.
9 Enter a volume label.
10 Select Perform a quick format.
11 Click Next
→
Finish.
Your new volume automatically formats and synchronizes. On completion your volume
will be fault-tolerant and the status of the volume will be displayed as Healthy.
NOTE:
During synchronizing of the operating system or data drives, the overall performance
of the system may decrease.