PRAID policy files

Add PRAID policy files to your deployable image to customize your RAID configuration with PRAID.

By default, RAID devices are configured with default settings. To override these default settings, you can use a policy file, which can be either one of those provided or a custom policy file.

For more information about PRAID and policy files, see PRAID.EXE. For more information about SGTKWinPE user settings, see SGTKWinPE user settings.

Table 1 lists the sample policy files provided in the \sgdeploy\SGTKWinPE\PolicyFiles directory and the policies they implement.
Table 1. Sample PRAID policy files
Policy file name Policy implemented
RAID0.ini Creates a RAID 0 array using all drives
RAID1-1.ini Creates a RAID 1 array with the first two drives and a RAID 1 array with the 3rd and 4th drives
RAID1-5.ini Creates a RAID 1 array with the first two drives and a RAID 5 array with the remaining drives
RAID1.ini Creates a RAID 1 array with the first two drives
RAID1HSP.ini Creates a RAID 1 array with the first two drives and designates the 3rd drive as a hot-spare drive
RAID5.ini Creates a RAID 5 array using all drives
RAID5HSP.ini Creates a RAID 5 array using all drives except for one drive designated as a hot-spare drive
RAID6.ini Creates a RAID 6 array using all drives.
RAID6HSP.ini Creates a RAID 6 array using all drives except for one drive designated as a hot-spare drive.
RAID10.ini Creates a RAID 10 array using the first four drives
RAID50.ini Creates a RAID 50 array using all drives
RAID60.ini Creates a RAID 60 array using all drives
Note: PRAID.exe can capture an existing RAID configuration that you can then use for RAID replication. For more information, see PRAID.EXE.