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Chapter 3
Appendix
3-1 Configuring a RAID Set
RAID Levels
Minimum Number of
Hard Drives
Array Capacity
Number of hard drives *
Size of the smallest drive
Fault Tolerance
Before you begin, please prepare the following items:
• At least two SATA hard drives or SSDs.
two hard drives with identical model and capacity).
• Windows setup disk.
• Motherboard driver disk.
• A USB thumb drive.
Configuring the Onboard SATA Controller
A. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer
Install the hard drives/SSDs in the SATA/M.2 connectors on the motherboard. Then connect the power connectors
from your power supply to the hard drives.
B. Configuring SATA controller mode in BIOS Setup
Make sure to configure the SATA controller mode correctly in system BIOS Setup.
Steps:
Turn on your computer and press <Delete> to enter BIOS Setup during the POST (Power-On Self-Test). Under
Chipset, set SATA Mode to RAID. Then save the settings and restart your computer. (If you want to use NVMe
PCIe SSDs to configure RAID, make sure to set NVMe RAID mode to Enabled.)
The BIOS Setup menus described in this section may differ from the exact settings for your motherboard.
The actual BIOS Setup menu options you will see shall depend on the motherboard you have and
the BIOS version.
(Note) An M.2 PCIe SSD cannot be used to set up a RAID set either with an M.2 SATA SSD or a SATA hard
drive.
RAID 0
RAID 1
≥2
Size of the smallest drive (Number of hard drives/2) *
No
(To ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you use
(Note)
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RAID 10
2
Size of the smallest drive
Yes
Yes
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