Gigabyte GA-P35-DQ6 User Manual page 83

Create a RAID Array:
In the main screen, press <Enter> on the Create RAID Disk Drive item. Then the Create New RAID
screen appears (Figure 4).
GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BBIOSv1.06.59
[ Create New RAID ]
Name: GRAID_
Level: 0-Stripe
Disks: Select Disk
Block: 128 KB
Size: 240 GB
Confirm Creation
[ RAID Disk Drive List ]
[ ]-Move Cursor
The Create New RAID block displays all the items that need to be set for creating an array (Figure 5).
Steps:
1. Enter Array Name: Under the Name item, enter an array name with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be
special characters) and press <Enter>.
2. Select RAID Mode: Under the Level item, use up or down arrow key to select RAID 0 (Stripe),
RAID 1 (Mirror), or JBOD (Figure 5). Then press <Enter> to move onto the next step.
GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOSv1.06.59
[ Create New RAID ]
Name: GRAID
Level: 0-Stripe
Disks: Select Disk
Block: 128 KB
Size: 240 GB
Confirm Creation
[ RAID Disk Drive List ]
[ ]-Switch RAID Level
[ Hard Disk Drive List ]
Model Name
HDD0: ST3120026AS
HDD1: ST3120026AS
[ Help ]
Enter a string between 1 to 16 characters
in length for the created RAID drive to be
identified by system BIOS or OS.
[DEL,BS]-Delete Character
Figure 4
[ Hard Disk Drive List ]
Model Name
HDD0: ST3120026AS
HDD1: ST3120026AS
[ Help ]
RAID 0
RAID 1
JBOD
[ENTER]-Next
Figure 5
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Available
120 GB
120 GB
Enter RAID Name
[ENTER]-Next [ESC]-Abort
Available
120 GB
120 GB
Select RAID Level
- Data striped for performance
- Data mirrored for redundancy
- Data concatenated for huge
temporarily disk required
[ESC]-Abort
Type/Status
Non-RAID
Non-RAID
Type/Status
Non-RAID
Non-RAID
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