5.7.3 Create Array

1.In 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

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

Serial_Ch0 Master XXXXXXXXXX

 

xxxxx

xxx.xx

Hdd

Serial_Ch1

Master

XXXXXXXXXX

 

xxxxx

xxx.xx

Hdd

RAID 0 for performance

1.Select the second option Array Mode, then press <Enter> to display the RAID system setting 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 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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