Dell XPS /Dimension Gen 5 Owner's Manual page 23

Configuring for RAID Using the Intel
If you already have one hard drive with the operating system installed on it, and you want to add
a second hard drive and reconfigure both drives into a RAID volume without losing the existing
operating system and any data, you need to use the migrating option (see "Migrating to a RAID
Level 0 Configuration" on page 24 or "Migrating to a RAID Level 1 Configuration" on page 25).
Create a RAID level 0 volume or RAID level 1 volume only when:
• You are adding two new drives to an existing single-drive computer (and the operating system
is on the single drive), and you want to configure the two new drives into a RAID volume.
• You already have a two-hard drive computer configured into a volume, but you still have some
space left on the volume that you want to designate as a second RAID volume.
Creating a RAID Level 0 Configuration
NOTE:
When you perform this operation, all data on the RAID drives will be lost.
1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see page 20).
2 Click Start and point to Programs
Storage Manager to launch the Intel
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 to launch the Create RAID Volume
Wizard, and then click Next.
4 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you want to include in your
RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow.
5 Click a second hard drive. To add a third hard drive in your RAID level 0 volume, click the
right arrow and click on the third drive until three drives appear in the Selected window, and
then click Next.
6 In the Specify Volume Size window, click the Volume Size desired, and then click Next.
7 Click Finish to create the volume, or click Back to make changes.
Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration
NOTE:
When you perform this operation, all data on the RAID drives will be lost.
1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see page 20).
2 Click the Start button and point to Programs
Matrix Storage Manager to launch the Intel
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 to launch the Create RAID Volume
Wizard.
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Application Accelerator
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Storage Utility.
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Storage Utility.
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