Gigabyte GA-VM800PMC user manual Create Array

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	Create a RAID array with
Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)	the hard disks attached to
Select Disk Drives	VIA RAID controller
Block Size 64K	F1	:	View Array/disk Status
Start Create Process
	,	: Move to next item
	Enter	:	Confirm the selection
	ESC	:	Exit

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

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	Create a RAID array with
RAID 0 for performance	the hard disks attached to
SelectRAIDisk1 forDrivesdata protection	VIA RAID controller
BlockRAIDSizeSPAN64K for capacity	F1	:	View Array/disk Status
Start Create Process
	,	: Move to next item
	Enter	:	Confirm the selection
	ESC	:	Exit

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

Figure 6

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