5.4.3 Create Array

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

VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 0.96

Auto Setup For Data Security

Array Mode RAID 1 (Mirroring)

Select Disk Drives

Start Create Process

Create a RAID array with the hard disk attached to VIA IDE controller

F1 : View Array/Disk Status ,  : Move to next item Enter: Confirm the selection ESC : Exit

Channel

Drive Name

Array Name

Mode

Size(GB)

Status

Channel0 Master

XXXXXXXXXX

 

xxxxx

xxx.xx

Hdd

Channel0 Slave

XXXXXXXXXX

 

xxxxx

xxx.xx

Hdd

Channel1

Master

No

Drive

 

 

 

 

Channel1

Slave 

No

Drive

 

 

 

 

5.4.3.1 RAID 0 for performance

1.Select the second option item Array Mode, then press the <Enter> key. The RAID system setting pop-up menu appears.

RAID 0 for performance

RAID 1 for data protection

RAID 0/1

RAID SPAN for capacity

2.Select RAID 0 for performance from the menu and 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 manually configure the RAID array continue with next step, otherwise, proceed to step #5.

3.Select Select Disk Drives, then press <Enter>. Use arrow keys to select disk drive/s, then press <Enter> to mark selected drive. An asterisk is placed before the selected drive.

4.Select Block Size, then press <Enter> to set array block size. A list of valid array block sizes are displayed on a pop-up menu.

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