Create Array; Raid 0 For Performance - Asus P5SD2-X - Motherboard - ATX Installation Manual

Create Array

From the VIA RAID BIOS utility main menu, select Create Array then press
<Enter>. The main menu items on the upper-left corner of the screen are replaced
with create array menu options.
Auto Setup For Data Security
Array Mode RAID 1 (Mirroring)
Select Disk Drives
Start Create Process
Channel
Serial_Ch0 Master XXXXXXXXXXX
Serial_Ch1 Master XXXXXXXXXXX ARRAY 0 SATA 999.99 XXXXXXX

RAID 0 for performance

1. From the create array menu, select Array Mode, then press <Enter>. The
supported RAID configurations appear on a pop-up menu.
2. Select RAID 0 for performance then press <Enter>.
From this point, you may choose to auto-configure the RAID array by
selecting Auto Setup for Performance or manually configure the RAID array
for stripped sets. If you want to auto-configure, proceed to the next step,
otherwise, skip to step 5.
3. Select Auto Setup for Performance and press <Enter>. The following
confirmation message appears.
ASUS P5VD2-X
VIA Tech. VT8251 Series SATA RAID BIOS Ver 1.xx
Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status
RAID 0 for performance
RAID 1 for data protection
RAID SPAN for capacity
Auto create array will destroy all
data on disks, Continue? (Y/N)
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
ARRAY 0 SATA 999.99 XXXXXXX
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