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Disk Striping (RAID 0)
Striping is a performance-oriented, non-redundant data mapping technique. While Striping
is discussed as a RAID Set type, it is actually does not provide fault tolerance. With
modern SATA bus mastering technology, multiple I/O operations can be done in parallel,
enhancing performance. Striping arrays use multiple disks to form a larger virtual disk.
Disk Mirroring (RAID 1)
Disk mirroring creates an identical twin for a selected disk by having the data simultaneously
written to two disks. This redundancy provides instantaneous protection from a single disk
failure. If a read failure occurs on one drive, the system reads the data from the other
drive.
3. RAID BIOS Installation
Creating and deleting RAID sets is a function found in the BIOS. During boot up, the RAID
setting message will appear and pause for a few moments to allow the user to choose what
to do.
This board will act as normal NON-RAID card when BIOS not configured for RAID. Just
proceed to Software Installation section directly.
If you use traditional parallel ATA HDD, make sure your hard drives be set up as master
mode before the RAID setting.
3.1. Creating Striped Sets (RAID 0)
1. As the BIOS boots, Press CTRL+S or F4 to enter the raid bios utility.
2. Select
Create RAID set.
Press
Enter
.
3. Select
Striped
then press
Enter
.
4. Select
Auto configuration
. Press
Ente
r.
5. Press
Y
to save your settings.
6. Press
CTRL+E
and then press
Y
to exit the setup.
7. Continue with conventional Fdisk and Format steps as if you are installing a conventional
hard drive.
8. Your RAID configuration is complete. Please proceed to software installation section.