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Highlight the RAID level for the volume set and press <Enter>.
7. The capacity for the volume based on the available space on the drives will be displayed.
Press <Enter> to proceed.
8. Use the <up> and <down> arrow keys to select the stripe size for the volume set and press
<Enter>. This parameter specifies the size of the stripes written to each disk when using
RAID 0, 1, 1+0, 5 or 6. You can set the stripe size to 4 KB, 8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB, 64 KB, or
128 KB. A large stripe size provides better sequential read performance, and a small stripe
size provides better random read performance.
9. Confirm the volume set configuration by pressing selecting “Yes”.
10. When prompted with the “Fast Initialization” prompt, select “Yes” to use Fast Initialization. To
use Normal initialization, select “No”. Normal Initialization takes longer, but operates in the
background so you can use the newly created volume immediately. For Fast Initialization,
the initialization must be completed before the volume set is ready to use.
11. Initialize the volume set that has just been configured.
12. If you need to add additional volume sets, select “Create Volume Set” from the main menu.
3.3.3 Using RAID Set/Volume Set Function
Using the RAID Set and Volume Set options allow you to manually create RAID sets and
volume sets, giving you greater control over the number of drives to use in a RAID set and the
size and number of volume sets to create in each RAID set.
1. Choose “Raid Set Function” from the main menu and press <Enter>.
2. Select “Create Raid Set” and press <Enter>.
3. A “Select SATA Drive For Raid Set” window will be displayed showing the SATA drives
connected to the disk array.
4. Press the “up” and “down” arrow keys to select specific physical drives and press <Enter> to
associate the selected physical drive with the current RAID set.
5. An “Edit The Raid Set Name” dialog box will appear. Enter 1 to 15 alphanumeric characters
to define a unique identifier for the RAID set. The default RAID set name will always appear
as Raid Set #. Press <Enter> to save the name.
6. Select “Yes” to create the RAID set.
7. To create another raid set, repeat from step 2. To begin volume set configuration, go to the
next step.
8. Choose “Volume Set Function” from the main menu and press <Enter>.
9. Select “Create Volume Set” and press <Enter>.
10. It is recommended that you use drives of the same speed and capacity in an array. If you
use drives with different capacities, all of the drives in the RAID set will be treated as though
they have the capacity of the smallest drive in the RAID set.
The number of physical drives in a specific array determines the RAID types that can be
implemented with the array as follows:
RAID 0 requires one or more physical drives
