Asus KFN32-D SLI SAS User Guide - Page 109

Creating a RAID 0 set Stripe

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5.2.3 Creating a RAID 0 set (Stripe) To create a RAID 0 set: 1. From the Define a New Array menu, select RAID Mode, then press . A pop-up menu appears. 2. Use the up or down arrow keys to select Striping, then press . Mirroring Striping Stripe Mirroring Spanning RAID 5 3. Press to move to the Striping Block option, then press . 8K ↑ 16K 32K 4. Use the up or down arrow keys to select the 64K 128K stripe block size appropriate to your drive usage, Optim ↓ then press . The available stripe size values range from 8KB to 128KB. The default stripe size is 128KB. You must choose the stripe size value based on the projected drive usage. For low disk usage, select 8KB/16KB. For typical disk usage, select 64KB. Select 128KB for performance disk usage. TIP: For server systems, we recommend using a lower array block size. For multimedia computer systems used mainly for audio and video editing, we recommend a higher array block size for optimum performance. 5. Press to move to the Free Disks section. 6. Highlight the hard disk drives that you want to add in the RAID set, then press the right arrow key to select. The selected hard disk drives appear in the Array Disks section. Repeat the process until all desired hard disk drives are added. NVIDIA RAID Utility Oct 5 2004 - Define a New Array - RAID Mode: Striping Striping Block: Optimal Free Disks Loc Disk Model Name Array Disks Loc Disk Model Name 1.0.M XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 1.1.M XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 2.0.M XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 2.1.M XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 1.0.M XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX [→] Add [←] Del [F6] Back [F7] Finish [TAB] Navigate [↑↓] Select [ENTER] Popup ASUS KFN32-D SLI Series 5-

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ASUS KFN32-D SLI Series
5-5
5.
Press <TAB> to move to the Free Disks section.
6.
Highlight the hard disk drives that you want to add in the RAID set,
then press the right arrow key to select. The selected hard disk drives
appear in the Array Disks section. Repeat the process until all desired
hard disk drives are added.
[F6] Back
[F7] Finish
[TAB] Navigate
[
↑↓
] Select
[ENTER] Popup
NVIDIA RAID Utility
Oct 5 2004
- Define a New Array -
RAID Mode:
Striping
Striping Block:
Optimal
Free Disks
Array Disks
Loc
Disk Model Name
Loc
Disk Model Name
1.0.M
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
1.0.M
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
1.1.M
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
[
] Add
2.0.M
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
2.1.M
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
[
] Del
5.2.3
Creating a RAID 0 set (Stripe)
To create a RAID 0 set:
1.
From the Define a New Array menu, select
RAID
Mode, then press <Enter>. A pop-up menu
appears.
2.
Use the up or down arrow keys to select
Striping, then press <Enter>.
Mirroring
Striping
Stripe Mirroring
Spanning
RAID 5
3.
Press <TAB> to move to the Striping Block
option, then press <Enter>.
4.
Use the up or down arrow keys to select the
stripe block size appropriate to your drive usage,
then press <Enter>.
The available stripe size values range from 8KB to 128KB. The default
stripe size is 128KB. You must choose the stripe size value based on
the projected drive usage. For low disk usage, select 8KB/16KB. For
typical disk usage, select 64KB. Select 128KB for performance disk
usage.
8K
16K
32K
64K
128K
Optim
TIP: For server systems, we recommend using a lower array block
size. For multimedia computer systems used mainly for audio and
video editing, we recommend a higher array block size for optimum
performance.