Dell Dimension 8400 Series, Manual

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Setting Up and Using Your Computer
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Configuring for RAID Using the Intel(R) Application Accelerator
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 0
Volume" on page 27 or "Migrating to a RAID 1 Volume" on page 28). Create a RAID 0 Volume or
RAID 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 an array, but you still have some
space left on the array that you want to designate as a second RAID volume.
Creating a RAID 0 Volume
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 24).
2
Click Start and point to Programs
→
Intel(R) Application Accelerator
→
Intel Application
Accelerator to launch the Intel(R) Storage Utility.
NOTE:
If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled
mode (see page 24).
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 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. Click a second hard drive until two drives
appear in the
Selected window, and then click Next .
5
In the Specify Volume Size window, click the Volume Size desired, and then click Next .
6
Click Finish to create the volume, or click Back to make changes.
Creating a RAID 1 Volume
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 24).
2
Click the Start button and point to Programs
→
Intel(R) Application Accelerator
→
Intel
Application Accelerator to launch the Intel(R) Storage Utility.
NOTE:
If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled
mode (see page 24).
3
On the Actions menu, select Create RAID Volume to launch the Create RAID Volume
Wizard.
4
Click Next at the first screen.
5
Confirm the volume name, select RAID 1 as the RAID level, and then click Next to continue.