Appendix
In the example above, 1.0.M means the hard drive is attached to Adapter 1, Channel 0, and the drive is set to Master. The following is a list of all possible combinations:
ParallelATA
0.0.M Adapter 0, Channel 0, Master
0.0.S Adapter 0, Channel 0, Slave
Serial ATA
1.0.M Adapter 1, Channel 0, Master
1.1.M Adapter 1, Channel 1, Master
2.0.M Adapter 2, Channel 0, Master
2.1.M Adapter 2, Channel 1, Master
3.0.M Adapter 3, Channel 0, Master
3.1.M Adapter 3, Channel 1, Master
Note: There is no such thing as Slave drive in Serial ATA. All drives are considered to be Master since there is a one to one connection between the drive and the channel.
Using the Define a New Array Window
If necessary, press the tab key to move from field to field until the appropriate field is high lighted.
•Selecting the RAID Mode
By default, this is set to [Mirroring]. Change to a different RAID mode, press the down arrow keys until the mode that you want appears in the RAID Mode box— either [Mirroring], [Striping], [Spanning], [Stripe Mirroring] or RAID 5.
Note: Not all RAID levels are supported on all platforms.
•Selecting the Striping Block Size
Striping Block size is given in kilobytes, and affects how data is arranged on the disk. It is recommended to leave this value at the default [Optimal], which is 32KB, but the values can be between [4 KB] and [128 KB].
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