AHCI and RAID on HP Compaq Elite 8000, 8100, and 8200 Business PCs

Migration to RAID 0 from three non-RAID hard drives

NOTE

Back up all data before proceeding.

NOTE

HP Elite 8000-series Business PC products only support

RAID based on three identical SATA hard drives in either

RAID 0 or RAID 5 or Matrix RAID Mode of RAID 0 and

RAID 5.

1. Open the Intel Rapid Storage Console and select Create in the top pane and

select the Volume Type in the right pane. Select Optimized disk performance

(RAID 0).

2. Click Next to configure the volume.

3. In the Configure window, name the volume, select the three disks and specify if

you want to keep data from one of the selected disks.

4. Click Next to begin the confirmation process and start the Create Volume

action.

NOTE:

HP currently supports only the default Strip Size (in this

case 128KB). There is a performance relation between the

type of data and the strip sizes.

5. Click Create Volume to confirm you understand the Volume Creation warning

and you want to continue the action.

6. Click OK after the action completes.

Migration to RAID 5 from three non-RAID hard drives

NOTE

Back up all data before proceeding.

NOTE

HP Elite 8000-series Business PC products only support

RAID based on three identical SATA hard drives in either

RAID 0 or RAID 5 or Matrix RAID Mode of RAID 0 and

RAID 5.

1. Open the Intel Rapid Storage Console and select Create in the top pane and

select the Volume Type in the right pane. Select Efficient data hosting and

protection (RAID 5).

2. Click Next to configure the volume.

3. In the Configure window, name the volume, select the three disks and specify if

you want to keep data from one of the selected disks.

4. Specify if you want to keep data from one of the selected disks?