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User's guide O&O DiskImage Disk management functions

It is possible to mirror a simple available volume.

Mirrored volumes are error-tolerant and use RAID-1. Redundancy is assured through the creation of

two identical copies of a volume.

It is not possible to extend mirrored volumes or to convert them into stripe set volumes.

Both copies (mirrors) of the mirrored volumes use the same drive letters.

You can install an operating system on a simple or mirrored dynamic volume only.Entries in the

partition table must exist for this volume (i.e., that this was a system or start volume).

Example

<drivenumber_one>2</drivenumber_one>

<drivenumber_two>3</drivenumber_two>

<driveletter_to_set>M</driveletter_to_set>

</command>

create RAID5 volume

Creates a RAID-5 volume with at least three selected dynamic volumes.

Parameter

RAID5_column_size

size

{ devicename | drivenumber | serialnumber} ...

[ driveletter_to_set ]

Note

Depending on current and enabled operating systems, a mirrored volume can be created.

At least three dynamic volumes are required for creating a RAID-5 volume.

A RAID-5 volume helps you achieve error-tolerance.This will merely require an additional storage

volume for the volume. If you’re using, for example, three 10 GB storage volumes to create a

RAID-5 volume, the volume will contain a total of 20 GB. The remaining storage space of 10 GB

will be used for parity.

RAID-5 volumes can neither be extended nor mirrored.

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