SATA Hard Drive Configurations (VT8237(R))
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Figure 6
A. Create Array:
In Main Menu, select
Create Array
and press ENTER, a screen similar to Figure 6 below will appear.
VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.31
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
Create a RAID array with
the hard disks attached to
VIA RAID controller
F1
:
View Array/disk Status
h
,
i
:
Move to next item
Enter :
Confirm the selection
ESC
:
Exit
u
Auto Setup For Performance
u
Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)
u
Select Disk Drives
u
Block Size 64K
u
Start Create Process
The first step to create a RAID array is to set the RAID mode. Select
Array Mode
and press ENTER.
And the RAID mode selection menu will appear (Figure 7). The supported RAID modes include
RAID
0 for performance
,
RAID 1 for data protection
, and
RAID SPAN for capacity
. Use the UP or DOWN
ARROW key to select a RAID mode.
Figure 7
VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.31
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
Create a RAID array with
the hard disks attached to
VIA RAID controller
F1
:
View Array/disk Status
h
,
i
:
Move to next item
Enter :
Confirm the selection
ESC
:
Exit
u
Auto Setup For Data Security
u
Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)
u
Select Disk Drives
u
Block Size 64K
u
Start Create Process
RAID 0 for performance
RAID 1 for data protection
RAID SPAN for capacity
