Gigabyte GA-8VT880 Ultra User Manual page 100

3. After array mode is selected, there are two methods to create a disk array. One method is .
Auto Setup. and the other one is .Select Disk Drives. Auto Setup allows BIOS to select the
disk drives and create arrays automatically, but it does not duplicate the mirroring drives even
if the user selected Create and duplicate for RAID 1. It is recommended all disk drives are
new ones when wanting to create an array. Select Disk Drives lets the user select the array
drives by their requirements. When using Select Disk Drives, the channel column will be
activated. Highlight the target drives that you want to use and press <Enter> to select them.
After all drives have been selected, press <Esc> to go back to the creation steps menu.
VIA Technologies,Inc. VIA VT8237 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility V1.20
uAuto Setup For Performance
uArray Mode RAID 0 (Striping)
uSelect Disk Drives
uBlock Size 64K
uStart Create Process
Channel Driver Name
[*]Serial_Ch0 Master ST380013AS
[*]Serial_Ch1 Master ST9120023AS
4. If user selects a RAID 0 array in step 2, the block size of the array can also be selected. Use
the arrow key to highlight Block Size and press <Enter>, then select a block size from the
popup menu. The block size can be 4KB to 64KB.
VIA Technologies,Inc. VIA VT8237 Serial ATA BIOS Setting Utility V1.20
uAuto Setup For Performance
uArray Mode RAID 0 (Striping)
uSelect Disk Drives
uBlock Size 64K
uStart Create Process
Channel Driver Name
[*]Serial_Ch0 Master ST380013AS
[*]Serial_Ch1 Master ST9120023AS
GA-8VT880 Serial Motherboard
Create a RAID array with the hard disks
attached to VIA IDE controller
F1 : View Array/disk Status
h i
: Move to next item
,
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit
Array Name
Create a RAID array with the hard disks
4K
attached to VIA IDE controller
8K
F1 : View Array/disk Status
16K
h i
: Move to next item
,
32K
Enter : Confirm the selection
64K
ESC : Exit
Array Name
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Mode Size(GB) Status
SATA 74.53 Stripe0
SATA 111.79 Stripe1
Mode Size(GB) Status
SATA 74.53 Stripe0
SATA 111.79 Stripe1