Create Array

1.From the VIA RAID BIOS utility main menu, select Create Array then press <Enter>. The main menu items on the upper-left corner of the screen are replaced with create array menu options.

VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 1.xx

Auto Setup For Data Security

Create a RAID array with

Array Mode RAID 1 (Mirroring)

the hard disks attached to

Select Disk Drives

VIA RAID controller

Start Create Process

 

 

 

F1

: View Array/Disk Status

 

↑ ,↓ : Move to next item

 

Enter : Confirm the selection

 

ESC

: Exit

Channel

Drive Name

Array Name Mode

Size(GB)

Status

Serial_Ch0 Master XXXXXXXXXXX

ARRAY

0

SATA

999.99

XXXXXXX

Serial_Ch1 Master

XXXXXXXXXXX

ARRAY

0

SATA

999.99

XXXXXXX

RAID 0 for performance

1.From the create array menu, select Array Mode, then press <Enter>. The supported RAID configurations appear on a pop-up menu.

RAID 0 for performance

RAID 1 for data protection

RAID 0/1

RAID SPAN for capacity

2.Select RAID 0 for performance then press <Enter>.

From this point, you may choose to auto-configure the RAID array by selecting Auto Setup for Performance or manually configure the RAID array for stripped sets. If you want to auto-configure, proceed to the next step, otherwise, skip to step 5.

3.Select Auto Setup for Performance and press <Enter>. The following confirmation message appears.

Auto create array will destroy all data on disks, Continue? (Y/N)

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