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Guide to SATA Hard Disks

Installation and RAID Configuration

1.

Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation ............................ 2

1.1

Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation ............... 2

2.

Guide to RAID Configurations ......................................... 3

2.1

Introduction of RAID ............................................... 3

2.2

RAID Configuration Precautions ............................ 5

2.3

Setting the BIOS RAID Items .................................. 6

2.4

Configuring ULi RAID BIOS .................................... 6

2.4.1

Main Menu ................................................. 7

2.4.2

Drive Select Menu ................................... 10

2.4.3

RAID Array List ......................................... 10

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Using ULi Windows RAID Utility .................................... 11

3.1

How to Create RAID under Windows ................... 11

3.2

How to Delete RAID under Windows ................... 14

3.3

How to Migrate RAID under Windows .................. 15

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Страница 1: ...nfigurations 3 2 1 Introduction of RAID 3 2 2 RAID Configuration Precautions 5 2 3 Setting the BIOS RAID Items 6 2 4 Configuring ULi RAID BIOS 6 2 4 1 Main Menu 7 2 4 2 Drive Select Menu 10 2 4 3 RAIDArray List 10 3 Using ULi Windows RAID Utility 11 3 1 How to Create RAID under Windows 11 3 2 How to Delete RAID under Windows 14 3 3 How to Migrate RAID under Windows 15 ...

Страница 2: ... disks with RAID functions including RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0 1 JBOD and RAID 5 You may install SATA hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices For SATA installation guide please refer to Serial ATA SATA Hard Disks Installation of User Manual in the support CD This section will guide you how to create RAID on SATA ports ...

Страница 3: ...G Although RAID 0 function can improve the access performance it does not provide any fault tolerance Hot Plug any HDDs of the RAID 0 Disk will cause data damage or data loss RAID 1 Data Mirroring RAID 1 is called data mirroring that copies and maintains an identical image of data from one drive to a second drive It provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to the entire system since ...

Страница 4: ...D will not increase any performance or data security RAID 5 RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives Among the advantages of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance fault tolerance and higher storage capacity The RAID 5 configuration is best suited for transaction processing relational database applications enterprise resource planning and o...

Страница 5: ... the total storage capacity for this RAID 0 set is 120GB 2 You may use two new drives or use an existing drive and a new drive to create a RAID 1 mirroring array for data protection the new drive must be of the same size or larger than the existing drive If you use two drives of different sizes the smaller capacity hard disk will be the base storage size For example if one hard disk has an 80GB st...

Страница 6: ...set the option SATA Operation Mode to RAID Save your change before you exit BIOS setup 2 4 Configuring ULi RAID BIOS Reboot your computer After the system BIOS detects ULi RAID BIOS the RAID BIOS version and drive information shows up on the screen When RAID BIOS is waiting after identifying drives press Ctrl A to enter the setup menu Then the below screen appears There are three major areas in th...

Страница 7: ...ay has been created successfully its information shows up at RAID Array List Create RAID 0 Stripe x4 for Performance 1 Press Enter key to activate this item 2 The prompt Data on first 4 drives will be deleted Y N appears 3 Press Y and then the necessary information will be written to the drives which will destroy the original data in the drives 4 Next the Array Name input line appears for the user...

Страница 8: ...ey to choose the desired drive for RAID 0 1 Then flash cursor changes to an flash cursor for the user to choose the second third and fourth drives for RAID 0 1 3 The prompt Create RAID 1 Y N appears after two drives are properly assigned 4 Press Y and then the necessary information will be written to drives which may destroy the original data in the drives 5 Next the Array Name input line appears ...

Страница 9: ...tripe Size This option is effective for RAID 0 5 0 1 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 applications and files 64KByte is recommended 1 Press Enter key to activate this item Then 64K 32K 16K 8K 4K items appears at the bottom of Main Menu 2 Use the up or down arrow keys to choose the stripe size Rebui...

Страница 10: ...stroyed 4 RAID Array List automatically updates itself Delete All RAID Setting Partition 1 Press Enter key to activate this item 2 Data on RAID drives will be deleted Y N prompt message shows up to confirm the user s selection 3 Press Y key and then the data in drives is destroyed 4 RAID array List automatically updates itself 2 4 2 Drive Select Menu This menu lists the available drives and their ...

Страница 11: ...utility are installed correctly you can find ULi RAID utility from Windows Programs as shown below or find ULi RAID Utility at task bar Run ULi RAID utility from Windows Program or click on Configuration at task bar The Configuration dialog box appears The information of the connected drives is displayed RAID 0x2 indicates RAID 0 with two drives RAID 0x4 indicates RAID 0 with four drives ULi RAID ...

Страница 12: ...ilable Drives list use the right arrow key to move the drives that you plan to use to the Selected Drives list You can select array type from the RAID Type pull down menu and select stripe size for RAID 0 from the Stripe Size pull down menu ...

Страница 13: ...he source drive data and copy source drive data into the target drive After the drives and type are configured a dialog box appears to warn you that the next action will destroy information in the drives Make sure the information in selected drivers is no longer in use before clicking on Yes Then click Yes to restart your system when a dialog box appears to confirm that you have changed the RAID s...

Страница 14: ...the selected RAID to Selected RAID list by clicking the right arrow key Click OK after the array is selected A dialog box appears to warn you that the next action will destroy information in the drives Make sure the information in selected drivers is no longer in use before clicking on Yes Then click Yes to restart your system when a dialog box appears to confirm that you have changed the RAID set...

Страница 15: ...ndows Select new array type from the RAID Type pull down menu and select new stripe size for RAID from Stripe Size pull down menu Input array name in RAID Name The following is an example of migration from RAID 0x2 to RAID 5x3 RAID 0 x2 ...

Страница 16: ... or Apply to start RAID type migration After the drives and type are configured a dialog box appears to warn you that the next action will destroy information in the drives Make sure the information in selected drivers is no longer in use before clicking on Yes Then click Yes to restart your system when a dialog box appears to confirm that you have changed the RAID settings ...

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