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5 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default name. 6 From the drop-down box, select RAID 1 as the RAID level. 7 On the Select Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from which you want to migrate, and click Next. NOTE: The source hard drive should be the hard drive containing the data or operating system files that you want to keep on the RAID volume. 8 On the Select Member Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive to select the member drive that you want to act as the mirror in the configuration, then click Next. 9 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the volume size you want, then click Next. NOTICE: The next step will result in the loss of all data on the member drive. 10 Click Finish to start migrating, or click Back to make changes. You can use your computer normally during migration process. Creating a Spare Hard Drive A spare hard drive may be created with a RAID level 1 configuration. The spare hard drive will not be recognized by the operating system, but you will be able to see the spare drive from within Disk Manager or the Intel RAID Option ROM utility. When a member of the RAID level 1 configuration fails, the computer automatically rebuilds the mirror configuration using the spare hard drive as the failed member's replacement. To mark a drive as a spare hard drive: 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 hard drive you want to mark as a spare hard drive. 3 Click Mark as Spare. To remove a drive as a spare hard drive: 1 Right-click the spare hard drive icon. 2 Click Reset Hard Drive to Non-RAID. Rebuilding a Degraded RAID Level 1 Configuration If your computer does not have a spare hard drive, and the computer has reported a degraded RAID level 1 volume, you can manually rebuild the computer's redundancy mirror to a new hard drive by performing the following steps: 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 available hard drive to which you want to rebuild the RAID level 1 volume, then click Rebuild to this Disk. You can use your computer while the computer is rebuilding the RAID level 1 volume. Optimizing Performance 45

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Optimizing Performance
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5
Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default name.
6
From the drop-down box, select
RAID 1
as the RAID level
.
7
On the
Select Source Hard Drive
screen, double-click the hard drive from which you want to migrate,
and click
Next
.
NOTE:
The source hard drive should be the hard drive containing the data or operating system files that you
want to keep on the RAID volume.
8
On the
Select Member Hard Drive
screen, double-click the hard drive to select the member drive that
you want to act as the mirror in the configuration, then click
Next
.
9
On the
Specify Volume Size
screen, select the volume size you want, then click
Next
.
NOTICE:
The next step will result in the loss of all data on the member drive.
10
Click
Finish
to start migrating, or click
Back
to make changes. You can use your computer normally
during migration process.
Creating a Spare Hard Drive
A spare hard drive may be created with a RAID level 1 configuration. The spare hard drive will not be
recognized by the operating system, but you will be able to see the spare drive from within Disk Manager
or the Intel RAID Option ROM utility. When a member of the RAID level 1 configuration fails, the
computer automatically rebuilds the mirror configuration using the spare hard drive as the failed
member’s replacement.
To mark a drive as a spare hard drive:
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 hard drive you want to mark as a spare hard drive.
3
Click
Mark as Spare
.
To remove a drive as a spare hard drive:
1
Right-click the spare hard drive icon.
2
Click
Reset Hard Drive to Non-RAID
.
Rebuilding a Degraded RAID Level 1 Configuration
If your computer does not have a spare hard drive, and the computer has reported a degraded RAID level
1 volume, you can manually rebuild the computer’s redundancy mirror to a new hard drive by performing
the following steps:
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 available hard drive to which you want to rebuild the RAID level 1 volume, then click
Rebuild to this Disk
.
You can use your computer while the computer is rebuilding the RAID level 1 volume.