6-8 Chapter 6: RAID conguration
6. Select RAID from the Logical Drive menu, then press <Enter>.
7. Select the RAID level from the menu, then press <Enter>.
You need at least two identical hard disk drives when creating a RAID 1 set.
8. When creating a RAID 1 set, select DWC from the Logical Drive menu, then
press <Enter>.
When creating a RAID 0 set, proceed to step 10.
9. Select On to enable the Disk Write Cache setting, then press <Enter>.
Enabling DWC can improve the performance, but with the risk of data loss.
LSILogicSoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityVerA.51Aug13,2007
Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option
Management Menu
Congure
Initialize
Objects
Rebuild
CheckConsistency
LogicalDrive(s)Congured
LD RAID Size #Stripes StripSz Status
0 1 77247MB 2 64 KB ONLINE
Logical Drive 0
RAID = 1
Size = 77247MB
DWC = Off
RA = On
Accept
SPAN = NO
Choose RAID Level For This VD
RAID Level
RAID 0
RAID 1
LSILogicSoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityVerA.51Aug13,2007
Use Cursor Keys To Navigate Between Items And Press Enter To Select An Option
Management Menu
Congure
Initialize
Objects
Rebuild
CheckConsistency
LogicalDrive(s)Congured
LD RAID Size #Stripes StripSz Status
0 1 77247MB 2 64 KB ONLINE
Logical Drive 0
RAID = 1
Size = 77247MB
DWC = Off
RA = On
Accept
SPAN = NO
DiskWriteCacheSettingOfVD
Change DWC
Off
On