Tiger i7320 S5350

Chapter 4: SATA/RAID Setup (for SATA RAID model)

 

 

 

1.Select option 1 ‘Create RAID Volume’ and press the <Enter> key and the following window will appear:

Intel (R) RAID for Serial ATA - RAID Configuration Utility

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[ CREATE ARRAY MENU

]

 

 

 

 

Name:

RAID_Volume1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RAID Level:

RAID0(Stripe)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Strip Size: 128KB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capacity: 465.7GB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Create Volume

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[

HELP

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Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used

 

to uniquely identify the RAID volume. This name is case sensitive and

 

 

can not contain special characters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[

]-Change

[TAB]-Next

[ESC]-Previous Menu

[ENTER]-Select

2.Specify a RAID Volume name and then press the <TAB> or <ENTER> key to advance to the next field:

Intel (R) RAID for Serial ATA - RAID Configuration Utility

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[ CREATE ARRAY MENU

]

 

Name: RAID_Volume1

 

 

Strip Size: 128KB

 

 

RAID Level: RAID0(Stripe)

 

 

Capacity:

465.7

GB

 

 

 

Create Volume

 

 

[

HELP

]

Choose the strip value best suited to your RAID usage model.

The following are typical values:

16KB - Best for sequential transfers. 64KB - Good general purpose strip size.

128KB - Best performance for most desktops and workstations.

[

]-Change

[TAB]-Next

[ESC]-Previous Menu

[ENTER]-Select

3. Select the strip value for the RAID 0 or RAID 1 array by scrolling through the available values by using the < > or < > keys and pressing the <Enter> key to select and advance to the next field.

The available values range from 4KB to 128 KB in power of 2 increments. The strip value should be chosen based on the planned drive usage. Some suggested selections are listed below. The default selection is 128KB.

„16 KB – Best for sequential transfers

„64 KB – Good general purpose strip size

„128 KB – Best performance for most desktops and workstations

4. Select the RAID level by scrolling through the available values by using the < > or < > keys and pressing the <Enter> key to select and advance to the next field.

5.From the Strip size, press the <Tab> or <ENTER> key to advance to the ‘Create Volume’ prompt. The window will appears as follows:

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S5350, I7320 specifications

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