Create a striped volume

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

To create a striped volume

Open Computer Management (Local).
In the console tree, click Computer Management (Local), click Storage, and then click Disk Management.
Right-click unallocated space on one of the dynamic disks on which you want to create the striped volume, and then click New Volume.
In the New Volume Wizard, click Next, click Striped, and then follow the instructions on your screen.

Notes

To perform this procedure on a local computer, you must be a member of the Backup Operators group or Administrators group on the local computer, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. To perform this procedure remotely, you must be a member of the Backup Operators group or Administrators group on the remote computer. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group might be able to perform this procedure. As a security best practice, consider using Run as to perform this procedure. For more information, see Default local groups, Default groups, and Using Run as.
To open Computer Management, click Start, click Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management.
You need at least two dynamic disks to create a striped volume. You can create a striped volume onto a maximum of 32 disks.
Striped volumes are not fault tolerant and cannot be extended or mirrored.

Open Command Prompt.
Type:

diskpart
At the DISKPART prompt, type:

list disk

Make note of the disk number of the disk on which you want to create a striped volume.
At the DISKPART prompt, type:

create volume stripe [**size=**n] [**disk=**n[,[n,...]]

Value	Description
list disk	Displays a list of disks and information about them, such as their size, amount of available free space, whether the disk is a basic or dynamic disk, and whether the disk uses the master boot record (MBR) or GUID partition table (GPT) partition style. The disk marked with an asterisk (*) has focus.
create volume stripe	Creates a striped volume on the specified disks. After you create the volume, the focus automatically shifts to the new volume.
size=n	The amount of disk space, in megabytes (MB), that the volume will occupy on each disk. If no size is given, the new volume takes up the remaining free space on the smallest disk and an equal amount of space on each subsequent disk.
disk=n	The dynamic disks on which to create the volume. An amount of space equal to size=n is allocated on each disk.

Notes

To perform this procedure on a local computer, you must be a member of the Backup Operators group, Administrators group, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group might be able to perform this procedure. As a security best practice, consider using Run as to perform this procedure. For more information, see Default local groups, Default groups, and Using Run as.
To open a command prompt, click Start, point to All programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command prompt.
You need at least two dynamic disks to create a striped volume. You can create a striped volume onto a maximum of 32 disks.
Striped volumes are not fault tolerant and cannot be extended or mirrored.
For more information about DiskPart, see Related Topics.

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