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SAPPHIRE PURE CROSSFIRE II
SATA RAID SETUP
Creating and deleting RAID sets is a function found in the RAID utility. During
bootup, the following message will appear, pausing for a few seconds to allow
the user to enter the RAID utility:
Press Ctrl+S or F4 to enter RAID utility
An easy-to-use screen will appear with the following choices:
Create RAID Set Delete RAID Set Rebuild RAID Set Resolve Conflicts
Below this will be a list of drives currently installed on the system.
Creating RAID Sets
SATA Raid supports two drives. Please follow the below mentioned steps.
1.
Select “Create RAID Set” and choose either a “Striped” or “Mirrored” RAID Set.
2.
Select if you want the utility to Auto Configure the RAID Set or if you want to manually
configure the RAID Set. For Striped Sets, you can change the chunk size. For
Mirrored Sets, you can assign Source and Target drives, as well as if you
want Disk Copy.
What is a Striped RAID Set? Also known as RAID Level O, a Striped RAID Set allows
for high speed storage without redundancy. This requires 2 identical drives allowing for
data to be split across the drives resulting in faster data throughput. Choose this
selection if you want to gain performance.
What is a Mirrored RAID Set? Also known as RAID Level 1, a Mirrored RAID Set
allows for both high speed storage and redundancy. This requires 2 identical drives
allowing for data to be copied from a source drive and duplicated onto the second drive.
Choose this selection if you prefer security options to prevent data loss.
What is a Disk Copy? In the case where you have a drive that already contains data
and you would like to create a new RAID Set, you will need to purchase an identical
drive and select Disk Copy to allow the contents of your source drive to be copied to
your new destination drive.
Deleting RAID Sets
1.
To remove one or more RAID sets, select “Delete RAID Set.”
2.
Select desired set and press Y when asked “Are You Sure?”
Rebuilding RAID Sets
In case your RAID set has encountered an error or it has been changed, you can
recover the RAID set using this option.
