Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD7 TH User Manual - Page 72

Create Volume Menu, Disks

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Step 3: After entering the CREATE VOLUME MENU screen, enter a volume name with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be special characters) under the Name item and press . Then, select a RAID level (Figure 11). RAID levels supported include RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 5 (the selections available depend on the number of the hard drives being installed). Press to proceed. Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology - Option ROM - 12.0.0.1783 Copyright(C) 2003-13 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved. [ CREATE VOLUME MENU ] Name : Volume0 RAID Level : RAID0(Stripe) Disks : Select Disks Strip Size : 128KB Capacity : 111.7 GB Sync : N/A Create Volume [ HELP ] RAID0: Stripes data (performance). [hi]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu Figure 11 [ENTER]-Select Step 4: Under Disks item, select the hard drives to be included in the RAID array. If only two hard drives are installed, they will be automatically assigned to the array. Set the stripe block size (Figure 12) if necessary. The stripe block size can be set from 4 KB to 128 KB. Once you have selected the stripe block size, press . Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology - Option ROM - 12.0.0.1783 Copyright(C) 2003-13 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved. [ CREATE VOLUME MENU ] Name : Volume0 RAID Level : RAID0(Stripe) Disks : Select Disks Strip Size : 128KB Capacity : 111.7 GB Sync : N/A Create Volume [ HELP ] The following are typical values: RAID0 - 128KB RAID10 - 64KB RAID5 - 64KB [hi]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu Figure 12 [ENTER]-Select Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) - 72 -

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Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s)
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Step 3:
After entering the
CREATE VOLUME MENU
screen, enter a volume name with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be
special characters) under the
Name
item and press <Enter>. Then, select a RAID level (Figure 11). RAID levels
supported include RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 5 (the selections available depend on the number of the
hard drives being installed). Press <Enter> to proceed.
Step 4:
Under
Disks
item, select the hard drives to be included in the RAID array. If only two hard drives are installed,
they will be automatically assigned to the array. Set the stripe block size (Figure 12) if necessary. The stripe block
size can be set from 4 KB to 128 KB. Once you have selected the stripe block size, press <Enter>.
Figure 11
Figure 12
Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology - Option ROM - 12.0.0.1783
Copyright(C) 2003-13 Intel Corporation.
All Rights Reserved.
RAID0: Stripes data (performance).
[
hi
]-Change
[TAB]-Next
[ESC]-Previous Menu
[ENTER]-Select
[ HELP ]
Name :
Volume0
RAID Level :
RAID0(Stripe)
Disks :
Select Disks
Strip Size :
128KB
Capacity :
111.7 GB
Sync :
N/A
Create Volume
[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]
Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology - Option ROM - 12.0.0.1783
Copyright(C) 2003-13 Intel Corporation.
All Rights Reserved.
The following are typical values:
RAID0
- 128KB
RAID10 - 64KB
RAID5
- 64KB
[
hi
]-Change
[TAB]-Next
[ESC]-Previous Menu
[ENTER]-Select
[ HELP ]
[ CREATE VOLUME MENU ]
Name :
Volume0
RAID Level :
RAID0(Stripe)
Disks :
Select Disks
Strip Size :
128KB
Capacity :
111.7 GB
Sync :
N/A
Create Volume