Gigabyte GA-VM800PMC Manual - Page 65

A. Create Array, Create Array, Array Mode, for performance, RAID 1 for data protection, RAID SPAN

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English A. Create Array: In Main Menu, select Create Array and press ENTER, a screen similar to Figure 5 below will appear. VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 4.97 Auto Setup For Performance Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping) Select Disk Drives Block Size 64K Start Create Process Channel Drive Name Serial_Ch0 Master ST3120026AS Serial_Ch1 Master ST3120026AS Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 : , : Enter : ESC : View Array/disk Status Move to next item Confirm the selection Exit Array Name Mode SATA SATA Size(GB) Status 111.79 Hdd 111.79 Hdd Figure 5 The first step to create a RAID array is to set the RAID mode. Select Array Mode and press ENTER. And the RAID mode selection menu will appear (Figure 6). The supported RAID modes include RAID 0 for performance, RAID 1 for data protection, and RAID SPAN for capacity. Use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select a RAID mode. VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 4.97 Auto Setup For Data Security ArRraAyIDM0odfeorRpAeIrDfo0rm(Satnrcipeing) SeRleActIDis1kfoDrridvaetsa protection BloRcAkISDizSeP6A4KN for capacity Start Create Process Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 : , : Enter : ESC : View Array/disk Status Move to next item Confirm the selection Exit Channel Drive Name Serial_Ch0 Master ST3120026AS Serial_Ch1 Master ST3120026AS Array Name Mode SATA SATA Size(GB) Status 111.79 Hdd 111.79 Hdd Figure 6 - 65 - Appendix

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Appendix
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English
Figure 5
A. Create Array:
In Main Menu, select
Create Array
and press ENTER, a screen similar to Figure 5 below will appear.
VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 4.97
Channel
Drive Name
Array Name
Mode
Size(GB)
Status
Serial_Ch0 Master
ST3120026AS
SATA
111.79
Hdd
Serial_Ch1 Master
ST3120026AS
SATA
111.79
Hdd
Create a RAID array with
the hard disks attached to
VIA RAID controller
F1
:
View Array/disk Status
K
,
L
:
Move to next item
Enter
:
Confirm the selection
ESC
:
Exit
X
Auto Setup For Performance
X
Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)
X
Select Disk Drives
X
Block Size 64K
X
Start Create Process
The first step to create a RAID array is to set the RAID mode. Select
Array Mode
and press ENTER.
And the RAID mode selection menu will appear (Figure 6). The supported RAID modes include
RAID
0 for performance
,
RAID 1 for data protection
, and
RAID SPAN for capacity
. Use the UP or
DOWN ARROW key to select a RAID mode.
Figure 6
VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 4.97
Channel
Drive Name
Array Name
Mode
Size(GB)
Status
Serial_Ch0 Master
ST3120026AS
SATA
111.79
Hdd
Serial_Ch1 Master
ST3120026AS
SATA
111.79
Hdd
Create a RAID array with
the hard disks attached to
VIA RAID controller
F1
:
View Array/disk Status
K
,
L
:
Move to next item
Enter
:
Confirm the selection
ESC
:
Exit
X
X
X
X
X
RAID 0 for performance
RAID 1 for data protection
RAID SPAN for capacity