User Guide

112 MediaShield User’s Guide – Version 4.0
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HAPTER 3
Using the NVIDIA MediaShield RAID Management Utility
Migrating from RAID 0+1 to RAID 5
The following example shows you how to convert a RAID 0+1 array with four disks to a
RAID 5 array with four 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 Stripe Mirroring Array” on page 54.
When that is done, you should see a screen shot similar to the following:
Figure 3.114 RAID Array Created
3 Click click on “Stripe Mirroring” and select “Convert Array...” as shown in the
following screen shot:
Figure 3.115 Selecting “Convert Array” from the Pop Up Menu