Create A Raid Array - Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD3P User Manual

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 BIOS v1.06.59
[ 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 BIOS v1.06.59
[ 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 ]
[DEL,BS]-Delete Character
Figure 4
[ Hard Disk Drive List ]
Model Name
HDD0: ST3120026AS
HDD1: ST3120026AS
[ Help ]
[ENTER]-Next
Figure 5
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Enter RAID Name
Enter a string between 1 to 16 characters
in length for the created RAID drive to be
identified by system BIOS or OS.
[ENTER]-Next
Select RAID Level
RAID 0 - Data striped for performance
RAID 1 - Data mirrored for redundancy
JBOD - Data concatenated for huge
temporarily disk required
[ESC]-Abort
Available Type/Status
120 GB Non-RAID
120 GB Non-RAID
[ESC]-Abort
Available Type/Status
120 GB Non-RAID
120 GB Non-RAID
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