Dell Studio 540 Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 96
Create RAID Volume From Existing Hard, Select Source Hard Drive
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NOTE: Volumes with a status of Rebuild are rebuilt within the operating system. 5 Use the up- and down-arrow keys to select Exit, and then press . Your computer boots to the operating system and begins rebuilding the RAID volume automatically. NOTE: You can use your computer while the computer is rebuilding the RAID 1 volume. Migrating to a RAID Level 0 Configuration 1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 87). 2 Click Start→ All Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode. 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. 7 Select the appropriate stripe size from the drop-down box, and then click Next. The stripe size should be 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 stripe size. 8 On the Select Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from which you want to migrate, and click Next. This drive should be the hard drive containing the data or operating system files that you want to keep on the RAID volume. 9 On the Select Member Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive(s) to select the member drive(s) to span the stripe array, and click Next. 10 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the Volume Size you want, and click Next. 96 Drives and Media