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MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide Chapter 4: WebBIOS Configuration Utility | Creating a Storage Configuration
— Update Size: Click Update Size to update the Select size value for the selected
RAID levels
8. Click Accept to accept the changes to the virtual drive definition.
If you need to undo the changes, click Reclaim.
9. Click Next after you finish defining the virtual drives.
The Configuration Preview dialog appears, as shown in Figure 34 .
Figure 34: RAID 0 Configuration Preview Dialog
10. Check the information in the Configuration Preview Dialog.
11. If the virtual drive configuration is acceptable, click Accept to save the
configuration. Otherwise, click Back to return to the previous dialogs and change
the configuration.
12. If you accept the configuration, click Yes at the prompt to save the configuration.
The WebBIOS main menu appears.
4.5.2.2 Using Manual
Configuration: RAID 1
In RAID 1, the RAID controller duplicates all data from one drive to a second drive.
RAID 1 provides complete data redundancy, but at the cost of doubling the required
data storage capacity. It is appropriate for small databases or any other environment
that requires fault tolerance but small capacity.
When you select Manual Configuration and click Next, the Drive Group Definition
dialog appears. Use this dialog to select drives to create drive groups.
1. Hold Ctrl while you select two ready drives in the Drives panel on the left. You must
select an even number of drives.