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Table of Contents 1 WELCOME ...4 1.1 SATARAID5 FEATURES ...4 2 AN INTRODUCTION TO RAID...5 2.1 DISK STRIPING (RAID 0)...5 2.2 DISK MIRRORING (RAID 1) ...5 2.3 CONCATENTION ...5 3 INSTALLING DRIVERS ...6 4 JAVA 2 RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT INSTALLATION 7 5 SATARAID5 GUI INSTALLATION ...9 6 CREATING AND DELETING LEGACY RAID GROUPS WITH BIOS UTILITY 10 6.1 CREATING RAID GROUPS ...12 6.2 CREATING SPARE DRIVE...13 6.3 CREATING CONCATENATION ...13 6.4 DELETING RAID GROUPS, SPARE DRIVE, AND CONCATENATION 14 6.5 REBUILD RAID 1 SET...15 6.6 LOW LEVEL FORMATTING...16 6.7 LOGICAL DRIVE INFORMATION...16 6.8 RESERVED DRIVE AND SETTING SIZE FOR RAID SET OR SPARE DRIVE 16 7 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS IN WINDOWS 18 7.1 WINDOWS SERVER 2003 & XP & 2000...18 7.1.1 CREATING THE PARTITIONS ...19 8 SATARAID5 GUI OVERVIEW ...23 8.1 RAID GROUPS AND DEVICE CONFIGURATION WINDOWS 23 8.2 SATARAID5 MENU COMMANDS ...24 8.2.1 CONFIGURATION...25 8.2.2 EXIT ...28 8.2.3 CREATE SPARE ...29 SATARAID5 User's Manual 2

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SATARAID5 User’s Manual
2
Table of Contents
1
WELCOME
.........................................................................................................................................................
4
1.1
SATARAID5 F
EATURES
.................................................................................................................................
4
2
AN INTRODUCTION TO RAID
........................................................................................................................
5
2.1 D
ISK
S
TRIPING
(RAID 0)
....................................................................................................................................
5
2.2 D
ISK
M
IRRORING
(RAID 1)
...............................................................................................................................
5
2.3
CONCATENTION
.............................................................................................................................................
5
3
INSTALLING DRIVERS
...................................................................................................................................
6
4
JAVA 2 RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT INSTALLATION
..............................................................................
7
5
SATARAID5 GUI INSTALLATION
................................................................................................................
9
6
CREATING AND DELETING LEGACY RAID GROUPS WITH BIOS UTILITY
.................................
10
6.1
C
REATING
RAID G
ROUPS
............................................................................................................................
12
6.2
C
REATING
S
PARE
D
RIVE
...............................................................................................................................
13
6.3
C
REATING
CONCATENATION
..................................................................................................................
13
6.4
D
ELETING
RAID G
ROUPS
, S
PARE
D
RIVE
,
AND
C
ONCATENATION
............................................................
14
6.5
R
EBUILD
RAID 1 S
ET
....................................................................................................................................
15
6.6
L
OW
L
EVEL
F
ORMATTING
............................................................................................................................
16
6.7
L
OGICAL
D
RIVE
I
NFORMATION
....................................................................................................................
16
6.8
R
ESERVED
D
RIVE AND
S
ETTING
S
IZE FOR
RAID S
ET OR
S
PARE
D
RIVE
...................................................
16
7
ALLOCATING PARTITIONS IN WINDOWS
.............................................................................................
18
7.1
W
INDOWS
S
ERVER
2003 & XP & 2000
........................................................................................................
18
7.1.1
C
REATING THE
P
ARTITIONS
.........................................................................................................................
19
8
SATARAID5 GUI OVERVIEW
......................................................................................................................
23
8.1
RAID G
ROUPS AND
D
EVICE
C
ONFIGURATION
W
INDOWS
.........................................................................
23
8.2
SATARAID5 M
ENU
C
OMMANDS
.................................................................................................................
24
8.2.1
C
ONFIGURATION
..........................................................................................................................................
25
8.2.2
E
XIT
.............................................................................................................................................................
28
8.2.3
C
REATE
S
PARE
............................................................................................................................................
29