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www.dell.com | support.dell.com 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, and then click the right arrow. Click 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 and 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 nonRAID 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, and 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. Migrating to a RAID Level 0 Configuration 1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see page 20). 2 Click the Start button and point to All 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 page 20). 3 On the Actions menu, select Create RAID Volume From Existing Hard Drive to launch the Migration Wizard. 4 Click Next on the Migration Wizard screen. 5 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default. 6 From the drop-down box, select RAID 0 as the RAID level. NOTE: Select the strip size closest to the size of the average file you want to store on the RAID volume. If you do not know the average file size, choose 128 KB as your strip size. 7 Select the appropriate strip size from the drop-down box, and then click Next. 24 Setting Up and Using Your Computer

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Setting Up and Using Your Computer
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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, and then click the right arrow. Click 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 and 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, and 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.
Migrating to a RAID Level 0 Configuration
1
Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see page 20).
2
Click the
Start
button and point to
All 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 page 20).
3
On the
Actions
menu, select
Create RAID Volume From Existing Hard Drive
to
launch the
Migration Wizard.
4
Click
Next
on the Migration Wizard screen.
5
Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default.
6
From the drop-down box, select
RAID 0
as the RAID level
.
NOTE:
Select the strip size closest to the size of the average file you want to store on the RAID volume. If
you do not know the average file size, choose 128 KB as your strip size.
7
Select the appropriate strip size from the drop-down box, and then click
Next
.