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2.3.5 Creating Striped Volumes
Like spanned volumes, striped volumes allow you to combine the free space from two to 32 physical disks
into one logical volume. Unlike spanned volumes, the amount of unallocated space on each of the disks that
is part of the volume must be of the same size. Striped volumes increase both read and write performance
when accessing the volume by utilizing all the disks at one time. Striped volumes cannot be extended. To
create a striped volume, do the following:
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Click on the
START
button to display the Start Menu
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Point to
ALL PROGRAMS
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Click on
ADMINISTARTIVE TOOLS
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Then click on
COMPUTER MANAGEMENT
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In the console three, expand the
STORAGE
node
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Then click on
DISK MANAGEMENT
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In the details pane, right-click the unallocated space on the dynamic disk on which you
want to create a simple volume
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On the context menu, click
NEW VOLUME
to open the New Volume Wizard
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Click
NEXT
to continue
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On the Select Volume Type window, select
STRIPED
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Then click
NEXT
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Select the amount of space to be used for the simple volume
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Then click
NEXT
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Next, select a drive letter for the simple volume, or choose to mount the new volume to
an empty NTFS folder
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If necessary, select the file system for the simple volume
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Then click
NEXT
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Click
FINISH
to complete the process
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