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HPT 374 RAID Setup
4-4. BIOS Setting Utility
Main Menu
Reboot your system. Press <CTRL> and <H>
key while booting up the system to enter the
BIOS setting menu. The main menu of BIOS
Setting Utility appears as shown below:
To select the option in this menu, you may:
•
Press <F1> to view array status.
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Press <↑↓> (up, down arrow) to
choose the option you want to confirm
or to modify.
•
Press <Enter> to confirm the selection.
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Press <Esc> to return to top menu.
NOTE: If you want to create a RAID 0 (striping)
array or RAID 0+1 array, all the data stored in
the hard disks will first be erased! Please
backup the hard disk data before starting to
create these RAID arrays.
If you want to create a RAID 1 (mirroring) array,
please make sure which hard disk is the source
disk and which one is the destination disk. If
you make a mistake, you may copy the blank
data to the source disk, which will result in both
hard disks becoming blank!
Create Array
This item allows you to create a RAID array.
1. Array Mode: This item allows you to
select the appropriate RAID mode for the
desired array. There are four modes to
choose.
NOTE: It is highly recommended to attach hard
disks with the same model in reaching the
RAID performance.
RAID 0 (Striping) for Performance: This item
is recommended for high performance usage.
Requires at least 2 disks.
RAID 1 (Mirroring) for Data Protection:
This item is recommended for data security
usage. Requires at least 2 disks.
RAID 0/1 (Mirrored Striping): This item is
recommended for data security and high
performance usage. Allows Mirroring with a
Strip Array. Require 4 disks.
JBOD (Volume): This item is recommended
for high capacity without redundancy or
performance features usage. Requires at least 2
disks.
NOTE: When you choose to create RAID 1,
and your source disk is not empty, you have to
Duplicate Mirror Disk to copy data to
destination disk. Otherwise, it will only copy the
partition table to the destination disk, not the
physical date.
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