Gigabyte GA-X170-EXTREME ECC User Manual - Page 68

Intel RSTe SATA Controller, Create RAID Volume, Create RAID, Volume, Select Disks

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Step 3: On the Intel RSTe SATA Controller menu, press on Create RAID Volume to enter the Create RAID Volume 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 4). RAID levels supported include RAID 0(Stripe), RAID 1(Mirror), Recovery, RAID 10, and RAID 5 (the selections available depend on the number of the hard drives being installed). Next, use the down arrow key to move to Select Disks. Step 4: Figure 4 Under Select Disks item, select the hard drives to be included in the RAID array. Press the key on the hard drives to be selected (selected hard drives are marked with "X"). Then set the stripe block size (Figure 5). The stripe block size can be set from 4 KB to 128 KB. Once you have selected the stripe block size, set the volume capacity. Configuring a RAID Set Figure 5 - 68 -

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Configuring a RAID Set
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Step 3:
On the
Intel RSTe SATA Controller
menu, press <Enter> on
Create RAID Volume
to enter the
Create RAID
Volume
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 4). RAID levels supported include RAID 0(Stripe),
RAID 1(Mirror), Recovery, RAID 10, and RAID 5 (the selections available depend on the number of the hard
drives being installed). Next, use the down arrow key to move to
Select Disks
.
Step 4:
Under
Select Disks
item, select the hard drives to be included in the RAID array. Press the <Space> key on
the hard drives to be selected (selected hard drives are marked with "X"). Then set the stripe block size (Figure
5). The stripe block size can be set from 4 KB to 128 KB. Once you have selected the stripe block size, set
the volume capacity.
Figure 4
Figure 5