Configuring Arrays And Logical Drives; Starting The Bios Configuration Utility; Selecting A Configuration Method; Configuring Physical Arrays And Logical Drives - Acer Altos G310 MK2 Series Manual

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Appendix A: Embedded SATA RAID Technology for the Altos G310 Mk2

Initialize the new logical drive(s).

Configuring arrays and logical drives

This section provides detailed instructions for configuring the logical

disks and arrays.

During bootup, the following BIOS banner displays the following:

Press Ctrl-E to run LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility

Hold down the <Ctrl> key while you press <E>. The main menu for the

utility displays.

"Configuring physical arrays and logical drives" on page 106 provides

detailed instructions for using each configuration method.

This subsection provides instructions for using the Easy Configuration,

New Configuration, and View/Add Configuration to configure arrays

and logical drives.

LSI Logic recommends using drives with the same capacity in a specific

array. If you use drives with different capacities in an array, the CU

treats all these drives as if they have the capacity of the smallest drive.

The number of physical drives in a specific array determines the

possible RAID levels that you can implement with the array. RAID 0

requires one to four physical drives, RAID 1 requires two physical

drives.

You can change the write policy and read policy in the physical drives,

but not the logical drives.

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