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(Available on Restorer Ultimate PRO and Restorer Ultimate PRO Network only)
Using Restorer Ultimate, you can create and process quite advanced RAID layouts.
For example, let us create a RAID5 with the following configuration:
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The RAID components are Promise1+0 JBOD 1.10 SCSI(3:0) -(3:2) on the list.
| 1 | Click Create Virtual RAID on the Task List |
| 2 | Select Virtual Block RAID Volume from the Create Virtual RAID dialog box then click the Next button |
 | | Create Virtual RAID dialog box |
| 3 | Select the required drives from the Available disks list to the Selected disks list |
 | | Create Virtual RAID dialog box |
| 4 | Specify the Block size and Offset parameters and enter 9 to the Row count on the Create Virtual RAID dialog box |
Do not pay attention to Block order.
 | | Create Virtual RAID dialog box |
| 5 | Enter the stripe order in the table on the Parents tab |
Using the keyboard: arrow keys to navigate, digit and p keys to enter the stripe order.
Using the mouse: right-click the cell and select the number or parity from the shortcut menu. If the stripe table is too large, you better use the keyboard to enter the digits.  | | Create Virtual RAID dialog box |
Corrections: Restorer Ultimate will show if some digits are not correct by coloring their cells in red. Navigate to the required cell and enter the correct value. Use the Delete key to clear a cell.
Clear the table: Right-click the table and select Clear all on the shortcut menu.
| 6 | When you finishes entering the information, click the Finish button on the Create Virtual RAID dialog box |
 | | Create Virtual RAID dialog box |
| > | The created RAID5 object can now be processed like regular drives/volumes |
If Restorer Ultimate detects a valid file system on this RAID object, a partition object will appear on the list.
RAID Layout Description File shows the raidlayout.xml file for this RAID configuration.
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