ASRock Z77 Pro4 RAID Installation Guide
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- ASRock Z77 Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 1
Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 2 2. Guide to RAID Configurations 3 2.1 Introduction of RAID 3 2.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 5 2.3 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions 6 2.4 Setting the BIOS RAID Items 7 2.5 Configuring the Intel RAID BIOS - ASRock Z77 Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 2
(SATA) Hard Disks Installation Intel Z77 chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage. Please read the RAID configurations in this guide carefully according to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard - ASRock Z77 Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 3
of RAID This motherboard adopts Intel southbridge chipset that integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Rapid Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 function with four independent Serial ATA (SATA) channels. This section will introduce the basic knowledge of RAID, and the guide to configure - ASRock Z77 Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 4
identical hard disk drives. The Intel Rapid Storage technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive to create a virtual RAID 0 and RAID 1 sets. This technology also allows you to change the hard disk drive partition size without losing any data. RAID 10 RAID 10 is a striped configuration - ASRock Z77 Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 5
RAID Configurations Precautions 1. Please use two new drives if you are creating a RAID 0 (striping) array for performance. It is recommended to use two SATA drives of the same size. If you use two drives of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will be the base storage size for - ASRock Z77 Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 6
\ RAID Installation Guide and the document in the support CD, "Guide to Intel Rapid Storage", which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ Intel Rapid Storage Information If you want to use "Intel Rapid Storage" in Windows® environment, install "SATA2 driver" from the Support CD again - ASRock Z77 Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 7
option Configure SATA as to [RAID]. Save your change before you exit BIOS setup. 2.5 Configuring the Intel RAID BIOS Reboot your computer. Wait until you see the RAID software prompting you to press . Press . Then, the Intel RAID Utility - Create RAID Volume window appears. Select the - ASRock Z77 Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 8
press . Use the up or down arrow keys to select your desired RAID Level. You may select RAID 0 (Stripe), RAID 1 (Mirror), RAID 5 or RAID 10 for your RAID level. Press , and then you can select Strip Size. 8 - ASRock Z77 Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 9
or down keys to select the stripe size for your RAID 0 array then press . The available values range from 8 KB to 128 KB. The default selection is 128 KB. The strip value should be chosen based on the planned drive usage. ‧8/16 KB - low disk usage ‧64 KB - typical disk - ASRock Z77 Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 10
Press under the Create Volume item. The utility prompts a confirmation message as below. Press to complete the setup of RAID. After the completion, you will see the detailed information about the RAID that you set up. 10 - ASRock Z77 Pro4 | RAID Installation Guide - Page 11
you are only allowed to create one RAID partition at a time under BIOS RAID environment. If you want to create an extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility under Windows environment to configure RAID functions after you install OS. 2.6 Deleting RAID Volumes If you want to delete a RAID volume
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Guide to SATA Hard Disks
Installation and RAID Con
fi
guration
1.
Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation
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1.1
Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation
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2
2.
Guide to RAID Con
fi
gurations
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3
2.1
Introduction of RAID
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3
2.2
RAID Con
fi
guration Precautions
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5
2.3
Installing Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/
Vista
TM
64-bit With RAID Functions
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6
2.4
Setting the BIOS RAID Items
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7
2.5
Con
fi
guring the Intel RAID BIOS
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7
2.6
Deleting RAID Volumes
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