Gigabyte GA-VM900M User Manual page 60

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After selecting a RAID mode, you must decide whether you want the RAID array to be configured
automatically or manually. Auto Setup allows BIOS to assign the hard drives and create arrays
automatically. It is recommended all hard drives are new ones when you want to create an array.
To manually configure the RAID array, the following items need to be set.
Select Disk Drives lets users select the array drives by their requirements. Select the Select Disk
Drives item and press ENTER. On the target hard drive(s), press ENTER. The selected hard drives
will be marked with an asterisk (Figure 7).
Auto Setup For Performance
Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)
Select Disk Drives
Stripe Size 64K
Start Create Process
Dev. Posi.
Drive Name
[*] Channel0 Master
[*] Channel1 Master
For a RAID 0 array, you have to specify the block size. Select Stripe Size and press ENTER. Select
the block size from the popup menu. The block size can be set from 4KB to 64KB (Figure 8).
Auto Setup For Performance
4K
Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)
8K
Select Disk Drives
16K
Stripe Size 64K
32K
Start Create Process
64K
Dev. Posi.
Drive Name
[*] Channel0 Master
[*] Channel1 Master
Next, select Start Create Process and press ENTER. The prompt "The data on the selected disks
will be destroyed. Continue? (Y/N)" will appear. Press Y to confirm or N to abort.
Important All existing contents in the hard drive will be destroyed after the array creation.
GA-VM900M Motherboard
VIA VT8237S V-RAID Utility V1.20
Array Name
ST3120026AS
ST3120026AS
Figure 7
VIA VT8237S V-RAID Utility V1.20
Array Name
ST3120026AS
ST3120026AS
Figure 8
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Create a RAID array with
the hard disks attached to
VIA RAID controller
F1
: View Array/disk Status
,
: Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC
: Exit
Mode
Size(GB)
SATA
111.79
SATA
111.79
Create a RAID array with
the hard disks attached to
VIA RAID controller
F1
: View Array/disk Status
,
: Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC
: Exit
Mode
Size(GB)
SATA
111.79
SATA
111.79
Status
Stripe0
Stripe1
Status
Stripe0
Stripe1

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