Bull Cedoc Novascale R422, Installation And User Manual

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Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines
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Under the item "Arrays Label" , type in a label and press <Enter> . The label should
contain more than 15 characters.
For RAID 0, select the desired stripe size. The available stripe sizes are 16, 32, and
64 KB. 64K is default size, please do not c hange the default setting.
The item: "Create RAID via" allows you to select the creation method for RAID 0 and
RAID 1 from the different possibilities that are listed.
The following table provides examples, showing when each method is appropriate.
Raid Level Create Via When Appropriate
RAID 0 Quick Init Creating a RAID 0 on new drives
RAID 0 Migrate* Creating a RAID 0 from one new drive and one drive with
data you wish to preserve
RAID 1 Build* Any time you wish to create a RAID 1, but especially if you
have data on one drive that you wish to preserve
RAID 1, Clear Creating a RAID 1 or RAID 10 on new drives, or when
RAID 10 you want to ensure that the array contains no data after
creation.
RAID 1, Quick Init Fastest way to create a RAID 1 or RAID 10
RAID 10 Appropriate when using new drives
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NOTE:
If you select Migrate for RAID 0, or Build for RAID 1, you will be asked to
select the source drive. The contents of the source drive will be preserved.
However, the data on the new drive will be lost.