This post will tell you what striped volume is.

Striped volume is composed by two or more hard disks.

And space taken from each disk should be equal.

create a striped volume

), the systems file access rate will be advanced and the load on CPU should also be reduced.

The striped volume uses RAID 0 whose data can be distributed in multiple disks.

This kind of volume can not be extended inDisk Managementand cannot be mirrored.

Whats more, it is not a fault tolerance volume.

If anyone of the disks in striped volume gets damaged, the whole volume will not work.

When creating striped volume, users had better use the disks with same size, types and manufactures.

Performance

When using striped volume, the data can be kept in a certain order.

And data can be written to all hard disks in the same speed.

Furthermore, through distributing I/O in multiple disks, it can improve the I/Os performance.

Step 1: kick off the Disk Management console.

Then right-tap the unallocated space and choose the New Volume.

Then the New Volume Wizard will emerge, we need to click Next to go on.

Step 2: Select Striped button.

And click Next to go to the next interface.