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CHAPTER 3 Using the NVRAIDMAN Utility Viewing RAID Array Configurations To view your RAID configuration from Windows, launch the NVIDIA RAID Management utility by double-clicking NVRAIDMAN. The RAID configuration information appears in the right-side pane, as shown in Figure 3.1. Figure 3.1 NVRAID Management Utility Window The following are examples of the information displayed for the various RAID levels. While the details of your own configuration will likely vary from what is shown, the examples serve to illustrate the basic differences between the RAID levels. NVIDIA RAID Mirrored Array Figure 3.2 shows an example of a two hard drive mirrored array using identical 34.4 GB1 SATA hard drives (WD360GB), where one drive is configured as Primary and the other drive is configured as Secondary.The total hard disk space used is 34.4 GB. Figure 3.2 NVRAIDMAN Mirrored Array Information 1. 1 GB = 1,073,741,824 bytes 38 NVIDIA RAID User's Guide - Version 2.0 A

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NVIDIA RAID User’s Guide
– Version 2.0 A
C
HAPTER
3
Using the NVRAIDMAN Utility
Viewing RAID Array Configurations
To view your RAID configuration from Windows, launch the NVIDIA RAID
Management utility by double-clicking NVRAIDMAN.
The RAID configuration information appears in the right-side pane, as shown in
Figure
3.1
.
Figure 3.1
NVRAID Management Utility Window
The following are examples of the information displayed for the various RAID levels.
While the details of your own configuration will likely vary from what is shown, the
examples serve to illustrate the basic differences between the RAID levels.
NVIDIA RAID Mirrored Array
Figure 3.2
shows an example of a two hard drive mirrored array using identical 34.4 GB
1
SATA hard drives (WD360GB), where one drive is configured as Primary and the other
drive is configured as Secondary.The total hard disk space used is 34.4 GB.
Figure 3.2
NVRAIDMAN Mirrored Array Information
1.
1 GB = 1,073,741,824 bytes