Asus K8N4-E DELUXE K8N4-E Deluxe User's manual for English Version E2009 - Page 148

If you use either Windows® XP or Windows® 2000 operating system (OS), copy first the RAID driver from the support CD to a floppy disk before creating RAID configurations. Refer to section "5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk" for details. 5.4.1 Installing hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. For optimal performance, install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array. Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks To install the SATA hard disks for a RAID configuration: 1. Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays. 2. Connect the SATA signal cables. 3. Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on each drive. • If you are creating a R A I D 0 ( s t r i p i n g ) array for performance, use two new drives. • If you are creating a R A I D 1 ( m i r r o r i n g ) array for protection, you can use two new drives or use an existing drive and a new drive (the new drive must be of the same size or larger than the existing drive). • If you are creating a R A I D 0 + 1 array for protection, you can use four new drives or use an existing drive and three new drives. • If you are creating a R A I D 1 0 array for very high reliability combined with high performance, a minimum of four disk drives is required. • If you are creating a R A I D 5 configuration, use a minimum of three disk drives; the maximum number of drives is set by controller. Use of disk drives with identical size and type is recommended. 5-32 Chapter 5: Software support