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Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration NOTICE: The following procedure will result in the loss of all data on the hard drives in your RAID configuration. Back up any data you want to keep before continuing. 1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 39). 2 Click the Start button and point to Programs→ Intel(R) Application Accelerator→ Intel Matrix Storage Manager to launch the Intel® Storage Utility. NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 39). 3 On the Actions menu, select Create RAID Volume to launch the Create RAID Volume Wizard. 4 Click Next at the first screen. 5 Confirm the volume name, select RAID 1 as the RAID level, and then click Next to continue. 6 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you want to use to create your RAID level 0 volume, then click the right arrow. Click to add a second hard drive until two drives appear in the Selected window, and then click Next. 7 In the Specify Volume Size window, select the Volume Size desired, then click Next. 8 Click Finish to create the volume, or click Back to make changes. 9 Follow Microsoft Windows procedures for creating a partition on the new RAID volume. Deleting a RAID Volume NOTE: While this procedure deletes the RAID 1 volume, it also splits the RAID 1 volume into two non-RAID hard drives with a partition, and leaves any existing data files intact. Deleting a RAID 0 volume, however, destroys all data on the volume. 1 Click the Start button and point to Programs→ Intel(R) Application Accelerator→ Intel Matrix Storage Manager to launch the Intel® Storage Utility. 2 Right-click the Volume icon of the RAID volume you want to delete, then select Delete Volume. 3 On the Delete RAID Volume Wizard screen, click Next. 4 Highlight the RAID volume you want to delete in the Available box, click the right-arrow button to move the highlighted RAID volume into the Selected box, and then click Next. 5 Click Finish to delete the volume. Optimizing Performance 43

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Optimizing Performance
43
Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration
NOTICE:
The following procedure will result in the loss of all data on the hard drives in your RAID configuration.
Back up any data you want to keep before continuing.
1
Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on
page 39).
2
Click the
Start
button and point to
Programs
→
Intel(R) Application Accelerator
→
Intel Matrix
Storage Manager
to launch the Intel
®
Storage Utility.
NOTE:
If you do not see an
Actions
menu option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode
(see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 39).
3
On the
Actions
menu, select
Create RAID Volume
to launch the Create RAID Volume Wizard.
4
Click
Next
at the first screen.
5
Confirm the volume name, select
RAID 1
as the RAID level, and then click
Next
to continue.
6
On the
Select Volume Location
screen, click the first hard drive you want to use to create your RAID
level 0 volume, then click the right arrow. Click to add a second hard drive until two drives appear in
the
Selected
window, and then click
Next
.
7
In the
Specify Volume Size
window, select the
Volume Size
desired, then click
Next
.
8
Click
Finish
to create the volume, or click
Back
to make changes.
9
Follow Microsoft Windows procedures for creating a partition on the new RAID volume.
Deleting a RAID Volume
NOTE:
While this procedure deletes the RAID 1 volume, it also splits the RAID 1 volume into two non-RAID hard
drives with a partition, and leaves any existing data files intact. Deleting a RAID 0 volume, however, destroys all
data on the volume.
1
Click the
Start
button and point to
Programs
→
Intel(R) Application Accelerator
→
Intel Matrix
Storage Manager
to launch the Intel
®
Storage Utility.
2
Right-click the
Volume
icon of the RAID volume you want to delete, then select
Delete Volume
.
3
On the
Delete RAID Volume Wizard
screen, click
Next
.
4
Highlight the RAID volume you want to delete in the
Available
box, click the right-arrow button to
move the highlighted RAID volume into the
Selected
box, and then click
Next
.
5
Click
Finish
to delete the volume.