Gigabyte GA-K8VT800-RH user manual Create RAID Array Create Array

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A. Create RAID Array (Create Array):

In the main screen, select Create Array and press <Enter> to access the RAID configuration screen where you can select RAID type (refer to Figure 3).

VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.31

Auto Setup For Performance

Create a RAID array with

Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)

the hard disks attached to

Select Disk Drives

VIA RAID controller

Block Size 64K

F1

:

View Array/disk Status

Start Create Process

 

,

: Move to next item

 

Enter

:

Confirm the selection

 

ESC

:

Exit

Channel

Drive Name

Array Name

Mode

Size(GB)

Status

Serial_Ch0 Master

ST3120026AS

 

SATA

111.79

Hdd

Serial_Ch1 Master

ST3120026AS

 

SATA

111.79

Hdd

Figure 3

To select a RAID type, move the the selection bar to "Array Mode..." and press <Enter>. Then a list of RAID types, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID SPAN, will appear (Figure 4). Select a RAID type and press <Enter>. In the following steps, we'll create RAID 0 as an example.

VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.31

Auto Setup For Data Security

Create a RAID array with

RAID 0 for performance

the hard disks attached to

SelectRAIDisk1 forDrivesdata protection

VIA RAID controller

BlockRAIDSizeSPAN64K for capacity

F1

:

View Array/disk Status

Start Create Process

 

,

: Move to next item

 

Enter

:

Confirm the selection

 

ESC

:

Exit

Channel

Drive Name

Array Name

Mode

Size(GB)

Status

Serial_Ch0 Master

ST3120026AS

 

SATA

111.79

Hdd

Serial_Ch1 Master

ST3120026AS

 

SATA

111.79

Hdd

Figure 4

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