Choosing the RAID Level
Complete the following steps to choose the RAID level for the logical device:
- Click the RAID level radio button to choose the RAID level
for the logical device. Only the most common choices appear in the list.

- To choose a different RAID level, click Advanced settings;
then, choose a RAID level from the available options:
In addition to RAID Level-1E, 5EE, 6 and x0, the Adaptec Storage Manager supports the following RAID types:
- Simple Volume - a single disk drive or segment;
not redundant.
- Spanned Volume - two or more disk drives or segments
with the same or different capacity, connected end-to-end. A spanned volume
offers no redundancy or performance advantage over a single drive.
HostRAID controllers do not support Spanned volumes or RAID volumes.
- RAID Volume - two or more logical devices with the same
RAID level, connected end-to-end. The logical devices may have the same or
different capacity and are not striped
together; they may be redundant, depending on the RAID level.
Notes:
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You must create the individual logical devices before you create a RAID Volume. Use
the Configuration wizard to create the logical drives; then, run the Configuration
wizard again to create the RAID Volume.
- When you create a RAID Volume, the Adaptec Storage Manager replaces the individual logical devices with a single RAID Volume icon in
the Logical devices view; then, it reports the logical devices as deleted in the event viewer.
The event message is normal and does not indicate a loss of data.
- When you are ready to continue, click Next. The "Create
logical devices" window opens.
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