Dell Inpsiron 560 (Late 2009) User Manual

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Drives and Media

NOTE:

Volumes with a status of Rebuild are rebuilt within the operating

system.

5 Use the up- and down-arrow keys to select Exit, and then press <Enter>.

Your computer boots to the operating system and begins rebuilding the
RAID volume automatically.

NOTE:

You can use your computer while the computer is rebuilding the RAID

1 volume.

Migrating to a RAID Level 0 Configuration

1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to

RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 87).

2 Click Start→ All Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel

Matrix Storage Console.

NOTE:

If you do not see an

Actions menu option, you have not yet set your

computer to RAID-enabled mode

.

3 On the Actions menu, select Create RAID Volume From Existing Hard

Drive to launch the Migration Wizard.

4 Click Next on the Migration Wizard screen.
5 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default.
6 From the drop-down box, select RAID 0 as the RAID level.
7 Select the appropriate stripe size from the drop-down box, and then click

Next.

The stripe size should be closest to the size of the average file you want to
store on the RAID volume. If you do not know the average file size, choose
128 KB as your stripe size.

8 On the Select Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from

which you want to migrate, and click Next.

This drive should be the hard drive containing the data or operating
system files that you want to keep on the RAID volume.

9 On the Select Member Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive(s)

to select the member drive(s) to span the stripe array, and click Next.

10 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the Volume Size you want, and

click Next.

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