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Create, Advanced settings, RAID Volume, Express, Configuration: The Easy Way

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Chapter 6: Modifying Your Direct Attached Storage ● 72 To build a RAID Volume: 1 Create two or more logical drives that meet the requirements listed at the beginning of this section, and wait for them to build and initialize. For instructions, see Express Configuration: The Easy Way on page 34 or Custom Configuration (Advanced) on page 37. This example shows two RAID 5 logical drives, which can be used to build a RAID volume. 2 On the toolbar, click Create. 3 When the configuration wizard opens, select Custom configuration..., then click Next. 4 Click Advanced settings, select RAID Volume, then click Next. 5 In the Logical Devices panel, select the logical drives you want to use in the RAID Volume. Adaptec Storage Manager prompts you to select the correct number of logical drives. Number of disk drives required 6 Modify the Advanced Settings, if required. (See Fine-tuning Logical Drives on page 63 for more information.) 7 Click Next to review the RAID Volume settings. To make changes, click Back. This example shows one RAID Volume ready to be created.

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Chapter 6: Modifying Your Direct Attached Storage
●
72
To build a RAID Volume:
1
Create two or more logical drives that meet the requirements listed at the beginning of this
section, and wait for them to build and initialize. For instructions, see
Express
Configuration: The Easy Way
on page 34
or
Custom Configuration (Advanced)
on page 37
.
This example shows two RAID 5 logical drives, which can be used to build a RAID volume.
2
On the toolbar, click
Create
.
3
When the configuration wizard opens, select
Custom configuration...
, then click
Next
.
4
Click
Advanced settings
, select
RAID Volume
, then click
Next
.
5
In the Logical Devices panel, select the logical drives you want to use in the RAID Volume.
Adaptec Storage Manager prompts you to select the correct number of logical drives.
6
Modify the Advanced Settings, if required. (See
Fine-tuning Logical Drives
on page 63
for
more information.)
7
Click
Next
to review the RAID Volume settings. To make changes, click
Back
.
This example shows one RAID Volume ready to be created.
Number of disk drives required