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English After selecting a RAID mode, you must decide whether you want the RAID array to be configured automatically or manually. Auto Setup allows BIOS to assign the hard drives and create arrays automatically. It is recommended all hard drives are new ones when you want to create an array. To manually configure the RAID array, the following items need to be set. Select Disk Drives lets users select the array drives by their requirements. Select the Select Disk Drives item and press ENTER. On the target hard drive(s), press ENTER. The selected hard drives will be marked with an asterisk (Figure 7). VIA VT8237S V-RAID Utility V1.20 X Auto Setup For Performance X Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping) X Select Disk Drives X Stripe Size 64K X Start Create Process Dev. Posi. Drive Name [*] Channel0 Master [*] Channel1 Master ST3120026AS ST3120026AS Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 : K, L : Enter : ESC : View Array/disk Status Move to next item Confirm the selection Exit Array Name Mode SATA SATA Size(GB) Status 111.79 111.79 Stripe0 Stripe1 Figure 7 For a RAID 0 array, you have to specify the block size. Select Stripe Size and press ENTER. Select the block size from the popup menu. The block size can be set from 4KB to 64KB (Figure 8). VIA VT8237S V-RAID Utility V1.20 X Auto Setup For Performance X Array Mode4RKAID 0 (Striping) X Select Disk D8rKives X Stripe Size 641K6K X Start Create32PKrocess 64K Dev. Posi. Drive Name [*] Channel0 Master [*] Channel1 Master ST3120026AS ST3120026AS Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 : K, L : Enter : ESC : View Array/disk Status Move to next item Confirm the selection Exit Array Name Mode SATA SATA Size(GB) Status 111.79 111.79 Stripe0 Stripe1 Figure 8 Next, select Start Create Process and press ENTER. The prompt "The data on the selected disks will be destroyed. Continue? (Y/N)" will appear. Press Y to confirm or N to abort. Important All existing contents in the hard drive will be destroyed after the array creation. GA-VM900M Motherboard - 60 -

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English
After selecting a RAID mode, you must decide whether you want the RAID array to be configured
automatically or manually.
Auto Setup
allows BIOS to assign the hard drives and create arrays
automatically. It is recommended all hard drives are new ones when you want to create an array.
To manually configure the RAID array, the following items need to be set.
Select Disk Drives
lets users select the array drives by their requirements. Select the
Select Disk
Drives
item and press ENTER. On the target hard drive(s), press ENTER. The selected hard drives
will be marked with an asterisk (Figure 7).
Next, select
Start Create Process
and press ENTER. The prompt "
The data on the selected disks
will be destroyed. Continue? (Y/N)"
will appear. Press
Y
to confirm or
N
to abort.
Important
All existing contents in the hard drive will be destroyed after the array creation.
Figure 7
For a RAID 0 array, you have to specify the block size. Select
Stripe Size
and press ENTER. Select
the block size from the popup menu. The block size can be set from 4KB to 64KB (Figure 8).
Figure 8
Dev. Posi.
Drive Name
Array Name
Mode
Size(GB)
Status
[*]
Channel0 Master
ST3120026AS
SATA
111.79
Stripe0
[*]
Channel1 Master
ST3120026AS
SATA
111.79
Stripe1
Create a RAID array with
the hard disks attached to
VIA RAID controller
F1
:
View Array/disk Status
,
:
Move to next item
Enter
:
Confirm the selection
ESC
:
Exit
Auto Setup For Performance
Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)
Select Disk Drives
Stripe Size 64K
Start Create Process
VIA VT8237S V-RAID Utility V1.20
Dev. Posi.
Drive Name
Array Name
Mode
Size(GB)
Status
[*]
Channel0 Master
ST3120026AS
SATA
111.79
Stripe0
[*]
Channel1 Master
ST3120026AS
SATA
111.79
Stripe1
Create a RAID array with
the hard disks attached to
VIA RAID controller
F1
:
View Array/disk Status
,
:
Move to next item
Enter
:
Confirm the selection
ESC
:
Exit
Auto Setup For Performance
Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)
Select Disk Drives
Stripe Size 64K
Start Create Process
VIA VT8237S V-RAID Utility V1.20
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8K
16K
32K
64K