Commissioning • Configuration of a SATA RAID array
Chapter 3
Commissioning
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7.1 Create RAID set
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Delete RAID set Striped = RAID 0
Rebuild Mirrored set
Resolve Conflicts
Low Level Format
* 0 PM
1 SM
Select Menu
ESC Previous Menu
Enter Select
Ctrl-E Exit
* First HDD
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Create RAID set
Striped
Mirrored
Figure 99: RAID Configuration Utility - Menu
The RAID system can be recreated as "Striped" = RAID0 or "Mirrored" = RAID1 using the menu "Create RAID set".
7.2 Create RAID set - Striped
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Press "Enter" to automatica-
Manual Configuration lly create a striped
* 0 PM
1 SM
Select Menu
ESC Previous Menu
Enter Select
Ctrl-E Exit
* First HDD
(RAID 0) set
Striped size is 16K
First drive is drive 0
Second drive is drive 1
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Auto Configuration
Figure 100: RAID Configuration Utility - Create RAID set - Striped
"Auto Configuration"
Auto configuration optimizes all settings.
"Manual Configuration"
It is possible to specify the first and second HDD as well as the "Chunk Size" (= block size, application-dependent).