Gigabyte GA-8VM800PMD-775-RH User Manual page 68

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, but it does not
duplicate the mirroring drives even if user selects Create and duplicate for RAID 1. It is recom-
mended all hard drives are new ones when you want to create an array.
Select Disk Drives lets users select the array drives by their requirements. Select the Select Disk
Drives item and press ENTER, use the ARROW keys to select the target hard drive(s). The selected
hard drives will be marked with an asterisk (Figure 7).
Auto Setup For Performance
Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)
Select Disk Drives
Block Size 64K
Start Create Process
Channel Drive Name
[*]Serial_Ch0 Master ST3120026AS
[*]Serial_Ch1 Master ST3120026AS
If you select to create RAID 0 array manually, you can specify the block size. Use the UP or DOWN
ARROW keys to select Block Size and press ENTER. Select the block size from the popup menu. The
block size can be set between 4KB to 64KB (Figure 8).
Auto Setup For Performance
Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)
Select Disk Drives
Block Size 64K
Start Create Process
Channel Drive Name
[*]Serial_Ch0 Master ST3120026AS
[*]Serial_Ch1 Master ST3120026AS
Next, use the ARROW keys to select Start Create Process and press ENTER. The prompt "The data
on the selected disks will be destroied. 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-8VM800PMD-775-RH Motherboard
VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.31
Array Name
Figure 7
VIA Tech. VT8237 SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.31
4K
8K
16K
32K
64K
Array Name
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