
The
Free Disk Selection
window appears.
8.
Click to select the drives that will make up the RAID configuration, click
Next
, and then click
Next
again.
The
Clearing System Data
window appears.
9.
Click
Next
.
10.
Click
Finish
to create the RAID configuration.
The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and lists the array along with any other installed hard drives.
Deleting a RAID Array
1.
Launch NVIDIA MediaShield.
2.
Click to select the array you want to delete.
3.
Click
Delete Array
in the
System Tasks
pane.
The
NVIDIA
Delete Array Wizard
appears.
4.
Click
Next
.
A confirmation screen appears with the name and size of the array that you have marked for deletion.
5.
Click
Finish
to delete the RAID configuration.
The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and lists any remaining arrays along with any other installed hard drives.
Converting From One RAID Configuration to Another RAID Configuration
NVIDIA MediaShield utilizes a one-step process known as migrating to change the current state of a disk or array without losing any data. If needed,
additional hard drives can be added to an existing array, including a single-drive RAID 0 configuration for conversion to a two-drive RAID 0 configuration;
however, the capacity of the resulting array must be equal to or greater than the size of the original configuration.
RAID 0 to RAID 1 conversions cannot be performed using the migrating process.
1.
Launch NVIDIA MediaShield.
2.
Click to select the array you want to convert.
3.
Click
Convert Array
in the
System Tasks
pane.
The
NVIDIA
Convert Array Wizard
appears.
4.
Click
Next
.
5.
Under
RAID Mode Selection
, select
Mirroring, Striping, Strip Mirroring, or RAID 5
from the drop- down menu.
NOTE:
Only RAID-enabled hard drives are listed as free disks.
NOTE:
Your computer supports a maximum of two drives per RAID 1 array and four per RAID 0 array.
NOTICE:
The
Clear System Data
option deletes all data on the selected drive.
NOTE:
While this procedure deletes the RAID 1 volume, it also splits the RAID 1 volume into two non-RAID hard drives with a partition, and leaves any
existing data files intact. Deleting a RAID 0 volume, however, destroys all data on the volume.
NOTE:
If your computer currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume, your computer will become unbootable.
NOTICE:
In order to use the migrating option to convert a RAID configuration without losing data, your hard drive must initially be set up as a single
drive RAID 0 array before the operating system is loaded onto the drive (see
Using the NVIDIA MediaShield ROM Utility
for instructions).
NOTICE:
Additional hard drives to be used in the (migrated) array must be no smaller than any of the drives in the current configuration.
NOTE:
Ensure that all drives to be used in the RAID configuration are RAID-enabled (see
Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode
.)