Create Disk Array - ASROCK A330ION Installation Manual

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Create Disk Array

After the system powers on, press <F2> key to enter BIOS setup utility.
Highlight Advanced and press <Enter>, then the main inter-face of BIOS setup
utility will appear. Please set the option "SATA Option Mode" to [RAID].
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After adjusting the system BIOS to RAID mode, reboot your system. Wait until you
see the RAID software prompting you to press <F10>. The RAID prompt appears as
a part of the system POST and boot process prior to loading the OS. You have a few
seconds to press <F10> before the window disappears.
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Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility.
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After you press <F10>, the MediaShield BIOS - Define a New Array window
appears. By default, RAID Mode is set to Mirrored, but please set it to Striped if you
want to create RAID 0. And the Stripe Block is set to Optimal as default. We take
RAID 0 for example to show you how to use MediaShield BIOS to create
RAID 0 (Striped). If you plan to use MediaShield BIOS to create other RAID array,
the Stripe block size is given in kilobytes, and affect how data is arranged on the
disk. It is recommended to leave this value at the default Optimal, which is 64KB,
but the values can be between 8KB and 128KB (8, 16, 32, 64, and 128KB). Then,
you have to assign the disks. The disks that you enabled from the RAID
Configuration BIOS setup page appear in the Free Disks block. These are the
drives that are available for use as RAID array disk, the operation procedures are
similar to the steps of creating RAID 0.
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BIOS SETUP UTILITY
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