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

5. Click Next to begin the confirmation process, review the selected configuration

and click Create Volume to 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.

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

and you want to continue the action.

7. Click OK after the action completes.

NOTE:

If users consume all available storage for this RAID

volume, there will be no space to create another RAID

volume for this hard drive, thereby not allowing for Matrix

RAID Mode. Note the size if you want to create a second

RAID volume in this set of hard drives.

8. . Reboot the system after the migration finishes.

Migration to Matrix RAID 5 and 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 View > Advanced Mode.

2. Click Actions/Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive to open a

verification window.

3. Click Next.

4. Type the RAID Volume Name, select the RAID Level (for three hard drive RAID

0 or RAID 5 only), and select the Strip Size.

NOTE

HP currently supports only the default Strip Size (in this

case 128KB).

5. Click Next to see the selection of hard drives that will be part of this RAID

volume.

6. Select the source hard drive (Port 0), and then click on the arrow to move them

to the Selected box.