Next, the Array Name input line appears for the user to key in a name for the newly created array. The effective characters for an array name is 0-9, A-Z, a-z, space and underscore.

 

 

RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2004 ALi Corporation

www.ali.com.tw

 

Create RAID 0 Striping

for Performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Create JBOD for integrated Capacity

 

 

SPACE :

Select

 

 

Stripe Size

 

 

 

64K

 

 

 

 

Delete RAID Settings & Partition

 

 

,

:

Moving Cursor

 

Delete All RAID Settings & Partition

 

 

Enter

:

Select & Finish

 

Rebuild RAIDArray

 

 

ESC

:

Exit

 

 

Input RAIDName (8 characters) : ALi_RAID

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drive Model

 

Mode

 

Capacity

RAIDArray/Type

 

S Channel 1 Master :

ST3120026AS

 

SATA

1

120034 MB

 

 

s Channel 2 Master : ST3120026AS

SATA 1

120034 MB

 

 

RAID Array A

:

 

Capacity

 

RAID Type

Stripe Size

RAID Name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RAID Array B

:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RAID Array C

:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After the RAID array has been created successfully, its information shows up at RAID Array List.

 

 

 

RAID BIOS Setup Utility (c) 2004 ALi Corporation

www.ali.com.tw

 

Create RAID 0 Striping

for Performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Create JBOD for integrated Capacity

 

 

 

SPACE :

Select

 

 

Stripe Size

 

 

 

 

64K

 

 

 

 

Delete RAID Settings & Partition

 

 

,

:

Moving Cursor

 

Delete All RAID Settings & Partition

 

 

 

Enter

:

Select & Finish

 

Rebuild RAIDArray

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESC

:

Exit

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drive Model

 

Mode

 

Capacity

RAIDArray/Type

 

Channel 1 Master :

ST3120026AS

 

SATA

1

120034 MB

 

 

Channel 2 Master : ST3120026AS

 

SATA 1

120034 MB

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capacity

 

RAID Type

Stripe Size

RAID Name

 

RAID Array A

:

 

 

240 GB

 

0

 

64K

ALi_RAID

 

RAID Array B

:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RAID Array C

:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Before create the RAID Array, you can select the Stripe Size first. The Stripe Size is effective for RAID 0. The user can choose a stripe size from 64KByte, 32KByte, 16KByte(default), 8KByte and 4KByte. If the user uses RAID 0 for most A/V editing application or files, 64KByte is recommended.

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