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RAIDMigration Instructions
Important
A CreatefromExisting Disk operationwill deleteallexisting datafromthe
added disk and thedatacannotberecovered.Itiscriticaltobackup all
importantdataontheaddeddiskbeforeproceeding.However,duringthe
migration process,the dataon thesourcedisk ispreserved.
TheIntelMatrixStorageConsoleofferstheflexibilitytoupgrade fromasingle Serial
ATA(SATA) harddrivetoRAIDconfigurationwhenanadditionalSATAharddriveis
added tothesystem.Thisprocesswill createanewRAIDvolumefromanexisting
disk.However,severalimportantstepsmustbefollowed at thetimethesystemis
firstconfiguredinordertotakeadvantageofRAIDwhen upgradingtoasecond
SATAharddrive:
1.BIOSmustbeconfiguredforRAIDbeforeinstallingWindowsonthe single
SATAharddrive.Referto On-Chip ATADevices forproperlysetting of
theBIOS.
2.Installthe IntelApplicationAcceleratorRAIDDriverduringWindowsSetup.
Referto InstallingSoftware forinstructionsoninstalling the driverdur-
ing WindowsSetup.
3.Install theIntelMatrixStorageConsoleafterthe operatingsystemisinstalled.
Tocreateavolumefromanexisting disk, completethefollowing steps:
AftertheIntelMatrixStorageConsolehasbeen successfullyinstalledand the sys-
temhasrebooted,clickon theIntelApplicationAcceleratorshortcut link(Start-->All
Programs -->IntelMatrixStorageManager-->IntelMatrixStorageConsole)
andthe followingwindowwillappear:
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CreateRAIDVolumefromExisting Disk
TocreateaRAIDvolumefroman existingdisk,choose Action-->CreateRAID
VolumefromExistingHardDrive.
Note: The “Action”button onlyappearsinadvancemode.Toenable the advance
mode,goto View-->Basicmode andclick it.
The CreateRAIDVolume fromExisting HardDriveWizard popsup toleadyou
forthefollowing procedure.Click Next tocontinue.
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(1)Step1:ConfigureVolume
Hereyoucan configurethe newRAIDvolumebyentering thevolumename, selecting
theRAIDleveland strip size.
† RAIDVolume Name:
Adesired RAIDvolumenameneedstobetypedin wherethe ‘RAID_Volume1’text
currentlyappearsabove. TheRAIDvolumenamehasamaximumlimitof 16 characters.
The RAIDvolumenamemust alsobeinEnglishalphanumericASCII characters.
† RAIDLevel:
Selectthe desiredRAIDlevel:
RAID0 (Performance) –Avolumeoptimizedforperformancewillallowyou to
access yourdatamorequickly.
RAID1 (Redundancy) –Avolumeoptimizedfordataredundancywillprovide
you witharealtimeduplicatecopyofyourdata.Note:
Onlyhalfoftheavailable volumespacewillbeavail-
ablefordatastorage.
RAID5 (Useful) –RAID5canbeusedonthreeormoredisks,withzero
ormorespare-disks.TheresultingRAID-5devicesize
will be(N-1)*S,whereNisthehowmanydrive,Sisthe
sizeof thesmallest driveinthe array. Ifoneofthedisks
fail,all dataarestill intact. It canrebuildthediskfrom
the parityinformation.If sparedisks areavailable,re-
constructionwill begin immediatelyafterthedevice
failure.Iftwodisks failsimultaneously,all dataarelost.
RAID-5cansurviveonediskfailure,butnottwoor
more.Bothreadand writeperformanceusually
increase,butcanbehardtopredicthowmuch.Reads
aresimilartoRAID-0reads,writescanbeeitherrather
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expensive(requiringread-inpriortowrite,in orderto
be abletocalculatethe correctparityinformation),or
similartoRAID-1writes.Thewriteefficiencydepends
heavilyon the amountof memoryin themachine,and
theusagepatternofthearray.Heavilyscatteredwrites
areboundtobemoreexpensive.
RAID10 (MirroredStripes) –ARAID1arrayoftwoRAID0arrays.
† Strip Sizes:
Selectthedesiredstrip sizesetting.Asindicated,theoptimalsetting is128KB.Se-
lecting anyotheroptionmayresultin performancedegradation.Eventhough 128KB
istherecommended setting formostusers,youshould choosethe strip sizevalue
whichisbestsuitedtoyourspecificRAIDusagemodel.Themosttypicalstrip size
settingsare:
4KB:Forspecializedusagemodelsrequiring 4KB strips
8KB:Forspecializedusagemodelsrequiring 8KB strips
16KB:Best forsequentialtransfers
32KB:Goodforsequentialtransfers
64KB:Goodgeneralpurposestrip size
128KB:Bestperformanceformostdesktopsand workstations
(2)Selectthesource disk
Then selectthe sourcediskthatyouwishtouseandthenclick “--->”tomoveittothe
Selected field.Then click Next tocontinue.
It isveryimportanttonotewhichdiskisthesourcedisk(theonecontaining allofthe
informationtobemigrated)and whichoneisthetargetdisk.OnaRAIDReady
system,thiscanbedeterminedbymakinganoteduringPOST ofwhichportthesingle
diskisattachedto.
YoucanalsousetheIntel Application AcceleratorRAIDEditionutilitybeforethe
second diskisinstalledtoverifythePortandserialnumberofthedrivethatcontains
allthedata.
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(3)SelectMemberHardDrive(s)
Thenselectthe memberdisk(thetargetdisk)thatyouwishtouseandthenclick “-
-->”tomoveittothe Selected field.Thenclick Next tocontinue.
Pleasenotethattheexisting dataonthe selectedharddrive(s)will bedeleted
permanently.Donotforgettobackup all theimportantdatabeforecontinuing.
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(4)SpecifyVolumeSize
Specifytheamount of availablearrayspacetobeusedbythenewRAIDvolume.You
mayentertheamountinthespaceorusetheslidertospecify.Itisrecommendedyou
use100% of theavailablespacefortheoptimizedusage. ForRAID0volume,if you
donotspecify100% ofthe harddrivespace,therestharddrivespacewill be
workedasRAID1volume, whichisthenewtechnologycalledIntelMatrixRAID.Then
click Next tocontinue.
(5)StartCreating RAIDVolume fromExisting HardDrive Wizard
Beforeyoucontinue theprocedureofRAIDvolumecreationfromexisting harddrive,
readthe dialogue boxbelowcarefully.Pleasenotethatonceyouclick Finish,the
existingdataon theselected harddrive(s)willbedeletedpermanentlyand this
operationcannotbeundone.Itiscriticalthatyoubackup all importantdatabefore
selecting Finish tostartthemigrationprocess.
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(6)StartMigration
Themigrationprocess maytakeup totwohourstocompletedepending onthesize
of the disksbeing usedandthestripsizeselected.Adialoguewindowwill appear
statingthatthemigration processmaytakeconsiderabletimetocomplete, meanwhile
apopupdialogue at thetaskbarwillalsoshowthe migration status.While you canstill
continueusingyourcomputerduring themigrationprocess,oncethemigrationproc-
ess starts,itcannotbestopped.Ifthemigrationprocess getsinterruptedand your
systemisrebootedforanyreason,itwill pickup themigrationprocess whereitleft
off.Youwillbeprovided withanestimatedcompletiontime(theremaining timewill
depend on yoursystem)oncethemigrationprocessstarts.
Thefollowing screenappearsif the migrationprocessiscompletedsuccessfully.
Then you havetorebootyoursystemtousethefull capacityofthenewvolume.
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ARAID1,RAID5orRAID10 volumeisreportedasdegradedwhenoneof itshard
drivemembersfailsoristemporarilydisconnected,and datamirroring islost. Asa
result, thesystemcanonlyutilizetheremaining functionalharddrivemember. Tore-
establishdatamirroring andrestoredataredundancy,refertotheprocedurebelow
thatcorrespondstothecurrentsituation.
Missing Hard Drive Member
1.Makesurethesystemispoweredoff.
2.Reconnecttheharddrive.
3.RebootthesystemtoWindows;therebuild willoccurautomatically.
Failed HardDrive Member
1.Makesurethesystemispoweredoff.
2.Replacethefailedharddrivewithanewonethatisofequalorgreater
capacity.
3.RebootthesystemtoIntel RAIDOptionROMbypress<Ctrl> and <I>keys
simultaneouslyduringthePower-OnSelfTest (POST).
DegradedRAIDArray
4. Selecttheport of thedestination diskforrebuilding, and thenpress ENTER.
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5.ExitIntelRAIDOptionROM,andthenreboottoWindowssystem.
6. When prompted torebuild theRAIDvolume,click'Yes'.
7.The Intel(R)StorageUtilitywill belaunched. Right-click thenewharddriveand
select'RebuildtothisDisk'.The'Rebuild Wizard' will belaunchedwhichwill
guideyouthrough theprocess ofrebuilding tothenewharddrive.
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