User Guide

108 MediaShield User’s Guide – Version 4.0
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HAPTER 3
Using the NVIDIA MediaShield RAID Management Utility
Migrating from RAID 1 to RAID 5
The following example shows you how to convert a RAID 1 array with two disks to a
RAID 5 array with three disks.
1 Go to the system BIOS and make sure that the drives that you want to use are RAID
enabled.
2 Boot to Windows, launch the MediaShield application, then follow the steps outlined in
“Creating a Mirrored Array” on page 51.
When that is done, you should see a screen shot similar to the following:
Figure 3.107 RAID Array Created
3 Click click on Mirroring and select “Convert Array...” as shown in the following screen
shot:
Figure 3.108 Selecting “Convert Array” from the Pop Up Menu