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RAID Utility for Windows

1. Shared o ders MS Loca Lees anz Szus Performance Logs ENZ errs Cel F aTaze Sig sto zq Renivebe Storage Cid Defracnre te 8 Cis Management 5 H te tarar and Cpplicsticn i3 HSN EN KANG deals Zwem 6 2 LB Insira 153 35 GE 4 i Jnalocazid i Mo cda a linalncale B omery varinn 6 Follow the Wizard for setting up and formatting the partition Once that is done you can start using the newly created stripped array 15 4 Deleting a RAID Array NVRAIDMAN can be used to delete an Array To delete an Array do the following 1 Launch the NVRAIDMAN application and right click on the RAID array that you want to delete assuming that you have a RAID array already created as shown in the following screen shot Bank UA a see Hebuld Great JATA zna M te 1 oe l secondary Mete ae uel SEN ee ant ai Rees Teele Oi pay r a PTU rey x The above screen shot shows that there is a Mirrored array that will be deleted After the Delete Array has been selected the following screen shot appear NVIDIA Delete Array Wizard Weloome to the WYLIOLA Delete Array Wizard T apad il guide yo through tha 266207 of a PAL gre cochicuc clcek hest 16 2 Click Next and the following screen shot will appear NVIDIA Delete Array Wizard Completing the WV1IDLA Delete Array Wizard
2. Tu have secesii completed the YILIN Delete rea w zd ru have choszn to teers the losing elU tay HADA MIRE oS Te Fre T el se cris rand rirs iih 3 Click Finish and the array will be deleted and the following screen shot will appear showing all the free disks a HVIDIA vrait aK Sree tite al ge hh eben ht olathe it bana sree iri es Eaten Se PL toh a ot la aray Frese Disk Eene Enay ka RIKE NAAN Hecdthy 3 TRH Al HTH Padar M YU WAPU Hedthy FEE Ala oom Fater A similar process can be applied to delete any array created by NVIDIA RAID 17 5 Rebuilding a RAID 1 Array Rebuilding is the process of recovering data from one hard drive to another All data is copied from one hard drive to another and then the data is synchronized between the two hard drives After creating a mirrored array you can rebuild the array using the following steps 1 Go to Windows and run the NVIDIA RAID Management utility mt eate Arra bea US Ua WIG Hodthy a a ue BAUT NTT leath athe Hn Fator Tecandary Masher 2 Right click on Mirroring Then the popup menu appears Cea BVIDIA SEET oe Hot Puc Ara ae Rabid otra ar GOM HE GIA eote Atay Peele Dra Cazadty d Flay Array pat ee BAWAT Lreate srry A Ac Jeete Aray Lo Tmerri avery 18 rir Mtg anay hate 3 From the popup menu click Rebuild Array The NVIDIA Rebuild Array
3. Disk Selection Ssclack thz cide ath zaz bo prsg e Disks sehen el fur Ue em anay ianel Dewe ve ia TEL SS0 30 0LF 400 Peray Marist ae WESEUGL ULEYAU Sccondary Phosizt Dieta from one cf the selected dea cam be creserved nthe naw stray one f the Web niL eet array de odes YU id dues eee Lai Picker unlvtho smalles ds ein 2 0 new acy con have thor data prescreod Cancel 7 If you want to start rebuilding the array right away copy data from one disk to the other select the disk that you wish to preserve Do not select a disk if you do not want to rebuild the array at this time 8 Click Next and the following screen shot appears NVIDIA Create Array Wizard Completing the WVIDIA Create Array Wirar y have succe stuk completed the MyIDL Tea Mirar wa zard rclrse s azad chet 9 Click Finish If you selected a disk to preserve in step 7 the rebuilding process begins Hot Pus ies iruin Hedlly AE eaha ATAY l wea WLSEUGL UAYU Heath F Ge AIA HZ Hte BR INSET ledte EAT ATA Tacondary Mache A mirrored array has been created while the other two disks are set to free disks Creating JBOD Spanning NVRAIDMAN can be used to create a Spanning Array which requires at least one disk to start such an array To create a Spanning Array do the following 1 Go to the system BIOS and make sure that the drives that you want to use are RAID enabled 2 Boot to Windows and launch the NVRAIDMAN application
4. RAID Utility for Windows 1 Enter NVRAIDMAN RAID driver is built in nVidia ALL in one driver provided in ASRock sup port CD After you finish the driver installation you can create delete or rebuild any RAID array Please enter NVRAIDMAN by clicking on Start Programs NVIDIA Corporation RAID Manager gt RAID Manager Then the below screen appears Free Disk nvraid ali Salue Tadd Ciderfae hand Ceis EHLE Ua as oF rote Array walt WOS 0SC 02F40 Healthy 3 458 ATA Hna M ta wal MESUL ULFYPU Healthy 2 Te GE Sal zecondary Metr 2 Creating RAID Arrays Creating RAID 0 Striping NVRAIDMAN can be used to create a striped array from one disk up to the maximum supported number of disks in the system To create a two disk Striped Array do the following 1 Go to the system BIOS and make sure that the drives that you want to use are RAID enabled 2 Boot to Windows and launch the NVRAIDMAN application 3 Create Array and the following screen will appear WVIDIA Creale Array Wizard Welcome to the NWYIDIA Create Array Vier iz ard Il guide yo through tha Yeadon oF anan Hal a econhuz elek hest 4 Click Next and the following screen shot will appear NVIDIA Create Array Wizard RAD Arey Schochon Fezse select the type o7 RAD array 12 crecte Seal Ue spe i Pele anay lu vse PSIG Moda stirpe 23 5 Click the RAID Mode list arrow and select Striping and leave the Str
5. Wizard appears VIDA Rebuild Array Wizard Welcome to the NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard This wizard will guide you through assigning a mew dist inte an existing RAID array The NVIDIA RAID solution allows you to rebuld a news mrrored data cooy whia the system ie uo and running ae derupting user and application access to the data i Rebuilding an array can take up to aday to a complete This operation occurs in the background and will not impedas your work IF you need to shutdown the computer the rebuild vall continue where K left off when you restart To continue cick Next 4 Click Next The Disk Selection page appears HYIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard Disk Gelechinn Sock dsk from a thn the Mab asec Seect member dsk from cre lez are Ahanral Device imeYOWLSEUGL UHAI Hras Masizt e OOM OSE IT MAN Gerondary Masi 19 5 Select the drive that you want to rebuild by clicking it from the list then click Next The Completing the NVIDIA Rebuild Array page appears HYIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard Completing die NYIDOLA Rebuild Array Wizard ru have succes compbebod thz MOLA Hezglz aze mers ka have chosen to h id the Fol nizg iss T a POE AN a In the taloni RAM ate MulDLA PIPPI Frc Salse is niad a d legn sb idn Uie ik edek Aris 6 Click Finish More About Rebuilding Arrays e Rebuilding Occurs in the Background The rebuilding process takes some time to complete and occurs in the
6. background so as not to affect the performance of the system e Rebuilding Applies Only to RAID 1 Rebuilding an array works only when using RAID 1 Rebuilding does not apply to RAID 0 and JBOD arrays e Rebuilding applies to a degraded fault tolerant array You can rebuild a degraded mirrored array using any available Free Disk or Dedicated Disk 20
7. ipe Size with its default value as shown in the following screen shot NVIDIA Create Array Wizard RAM dn ay Selechnn Pieced achert thz hype o7 HAD araw 22 creche Seal Ue ope I Pcl array lu ea RSE Mode stirpe 23 6 Click Next and the following screen shot will appear NVIDIA Creale Array Wizard Free Wisk odiccoon Select the cdas to add the 64 RAIL atav Fr Cisss Han e dianel Dewy Te ONT OAR THAN Pera Mas OL WE SEOSC OLF YAO Souda Maser A Irig ard re lures Lune tree adiks 7 Select the two disks that you want to include in the stripe set NVIDIA Create Array Wizard Tree Mhi Serr hnn Ssclock thz ads to odd lt gt the cca Ha gran Ee Do ANE S20SC OLFMA0 Pay el Naa DC WESI0SC 02F400 Secondary Plaster A vw A Sram aras reacures L orro Aree art deks To create a striped array with more disks select additional disks from the list 8 Click Next and the following screen shot will appear NVIDIA Creale Array Wizard Completing the WVIDIA Create Array Vier u have succecshulk completed the YILIN reabe pray et zgd 2 close 2715 szad ciee ee ee ee WI poe np J Ara EA cage FHL Pu Avay a eaa Ara DAOC WEOLOIFW0 Healthy GR TA ety a WSIE UHU Hedthy 3 WU Al zecondary The RAID 0 is created successfully Creating RAID 1 Mirroring The NVRAIDMAN application can be used to create a Mirror Array By defini
8. ot led tay vat Create Array bea AU BUG WHIU Hodthy IgG Sal maae Paster BAUDO WINGMEN Healthy SE AG SATA Cecandary Master A Spanned Array has been created 13 3 Initializing NVRAID Array Disks Now that the two disk array has been created it needs to be partitioned and formatted 1 Click on Start Settings Control Panel 2 Double click on Administrative Tools 3 Double click on Computer Management 4 Click on Disk Management The following screen is displayed a Computer Management DMA sie Auu Yes wida Hep Cm DE Cirp te Management ocal Nolume Lzyzu Iyp Be Ertem Tus Sic farthon base h gt Hath etem b ULB IWW BEM fy Event Wwesssr Shared Suders S Lard Lees sie Glues Pafu ime Logs zii Ae gt Cevi a ae Sy Zhu y Re nwzbe Jaage Cisk Delran le By Fe vies ad Sppicctin RSN EN RTS p deal rs Eremi eater a ae a tee IE ISINE BOOS ORT IESI IRIS BE INS SOS LORS ESN ed 76 29 GB Jnalocaz d 15S 73 ta Jnalocazed Mo cda Bp Unalincale E l mary varinn 14 5 The 153 38 GB is for the two disk striped array that was created earlier To create a partition on it right click on the Unallocated partition and select New Partition 5 Computar Manapament Fie uu Yes wida CE 2 0ra Comp_te Management oc l jp E E i system os tC Parhon Mase RTS leat ystems MAM AMM firs f Event ever
9. then click on Create Array and the following screen will appear HVIDIA Creale Array Wizard Welcome to the NWYIDIA Create Array Vier 5 apad sil guide y0 through tha raadon o amas Hal am zeconthuz elek hest NVIDIA Create Array Wizard RAM hn ay Selechnn Pierac aket thz ype o7 HAU array c creche Sedal Une ype PACE array lu v sd z Sipe a 10 4 Click the RAID Mode list arrow and select Spanning while leaving the Stripe Size set to its default value as shown in the following screen shot NVIDIA Create Array Wizard RAD An oy Ocheochon Fezse select the type o RAD array cx crecte Seal Une ope PEC anay lu Ld ESIE Mode stirpe 23 HVILIA Creale Array Wizard Free Disk odiccoon Select the cds to add the as PRAID array Frew Ciecs Hane diane Darie WETS aan Pora i tate Ol WOSEOSC OLFYWAO Seradas Maser A Spanning array requires 1 or more free hard disks 11 6 Select the two drives that you want to use in the Spanned array HVIDIA Create Array Wizard Cree Mhi Serr hann solzct thz clas to odd i2 the oea HADD gra OEE IWVCSE0SC OLF AAO Padu mfi DO NLSSOSC OLF 40 Secondary Mastar A Spanning array requires 1 or more free hard disks Completing the W LDLA Create Array Wizard y have succesful completed the YILIN Oeae fray weg zele 2 13 azad chee rih 12 8 Click Finish and the following screen shot will appear GI wvipia pvraid a a
10. tion a mirrored array consists of two drives Data is written to both two drives and if one drive fails then data can be recovered from the other drive To create a Mirrored Array do the following 1 Go to the system BIOS and make sure that the drives that you want to use are RAID enabled 2 Boot to Windows and launch the NVRAIDMAN application then click on Create Array and the following screen will appear AVIDIA Creale Array Wizard Welcome to the NWYIDIA Create Array Vier T apad I guide y0 through tha raadon o amas Hal a zeconthuz elek hest 3 Click Next and the following screen shot will appear NVIDIA Creale Array Wizard LADD Aray oelecoon Fezse select the type o RAD array cx crecte Seel Uie spe _ PAI anay lu a oe ROE Moder Stripe 150 4 Click Next and the following screen shot will appear NVIDIA Create Array Wizard Cree Mhi Serr hnn slet thz ads to odd i2 the ca Hal gran Free Tse stra channel Dev ce Pee DO WCSESOSC OCFYSO Peay Man er Cia OC WLSS0SC 00F 400 Secondary Plaster A Mirroring array requires 2 free hard disks 5 Select the two drives that you want to use in the Mirrored array NVIDIA Creaale Array Wizard Free Wisk odiccoon Select the cds to add i2 the Tan RAID array Free Dikss a pea Masi Mas or k A Mirroring array requires 2 free hard disks 6 Click Next and the following screen shot will appear NVIDIA Create Array Wizard Dhaka

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