
Technical white paper | AHCI and RAID on HP rp7800, rp5810, and rp5800 Retail Systems
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4. 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.
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.
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.
7. 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 rp5810 and rp5800 Retail Systems 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.
7. Click Next.
8. Select all hard drive members of the RAID volume, and then click the right arrow to place the (port 2 and port 3) hard
drives in the selected box.
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.
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