Acer Altos G301 Acer Altos G301 User's Guide - Page 99

configuring RAID 0 Stripe and RAID 1 Mirror arrays. A RAID 10 array, Drives, Stripe Size, Bootable

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87 Drive(s) - There is no default setting for this field. You must select the drives for the configured array. When this field is selected, a pop-up window will display all the available physical drives with check boxes. Drive Selection Box [ ] Cntlr 0 - Primary Master [ ] Cntlr 0 - Primary Slave [ ] Cntlr 0 - Secondary Master [ ] Cntlr 0 - Secondary Slave Use the arrow navigation keys and press to select or deselect the drive or drives to be put into the array. Press when done. If you select Mirror mode as the array type, you must select two drives to be in the array. This pop-up window will appear only when configuring RAID 0 (Stripe) and RAID 1 (Mirror) arrays. A RAID 10 array contains drives in each Stripe of the array and only two drives are allowed in each stripe. The maximum amount of Stripes is limited to four. Stripe Size - This field applies to Stripe mode arrays only. By default, an array is set up with 64 KB stripes. Edit this field to change the default stripe size. The size options are: • 32 KB • 64 KB • 128 KB • 256 KB • 512 KB • 1024 KB • 2048 KB • 4096 KB You cannot change the Stripe size of an array that has already been configured. Bootable - This determines which of the configured arrays should be used for booting the system. The options are YES or NO. You can select the boot device from the system BIOS Setup. Only one array is allowed to be bootable in a system.

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Drive(s)
- There is no default setting for this field. You must select the
drives for the configured array. When this field is selected, a pop-up
window will display all the available physical drives with check boxes.
Use the arrow navigation keys and press <SPACE> to select or deselect
the drive or drives to be put into the array. Press <ENTER> when done.
If you select Mirror mode as the array type, you must select two drives
to be in the array. This pop-up window will appear only when
configuring RAID 0 (Stripe) and RAID 1 (Mirror) arrays. A RAID 10 array
contains drives in each Stripe of the array and only two drives are
allowed in each stripe. The maximum amount of Stripes is limited to
four.
Stripe Size
- This field applies to Stripe mode arrays only. By default,
an array is set up with 64 KB stripes. Edit this field to change the
default stripe size. The size options are:
32 KB
64 KB
128 KB
256 KB
512 KB
1024 KB
2048 KB
4096 KB
You cannot change the Stripe size of an array that has already
been configured.
Bootable
- This determines which of the configured arrays should be
used for booting the system. The options are
YES
or
NO
.
You can select the boot device from the system BIOS Setup. Only one
array is allowed to be bootable in a system.
Drive Selection Box
[
]
Cntlr 0 - Primary Master
[
]
Cntlr 0 - Primary Slave
[
]
Cntlr 0 - Secondary Master
[
]
Cntlr 0 - Secondary Slave