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RAID Setup

You may use your hard disks in combination with Striping
(RAID 0), Mirroring (RAID 1), Parity Across Disks
(RAID 5) for either fault tolerance or performance.
RAID Level
Identical drives reading and writing data in par-
allel to increase performance. RAID 0 imple-
RAID 0
ments a striped disk array and the data is
broken into blocks and each block is written to
(at lease two
a separate disk drive.
hard disks
RAID 0 (a striped array) is not fault-tolerant.
needed)
The failure of one drive will result in the loss of
all data in the array.
Identical drives in a mirrored configuration used
to protect data. Should a drive that is part of a
mirrored array fail, the mirrored drive (which
contains identical data) will handle all the data.
RAID 1
When a new replacement drive is installed,
data to the new drive is rebuilt from the mir-
(at lease two
rored drive to restore fault tolerance.
hard disks
needed)
RAID 1 (mirrored array) provides full data pro-
tection, as data can simply be copied from a
healthy disk to a replacement for any failed
disk.
RAID 5 Identical drives (at least three drives must be
used) in a parity across disks configuration are
(three hard used to protect data and increase perfor-
disks mance. A RAID 5 array can withstand a single
needed) disk failure without losing access to data.
Table 2 - RAID Description
Description
Prepare the following before setting up your serial ATA
hard disks in RAID mode:
• The Microsoft Windows 7 OS disc.
• A second hard disk installed in the Primary HDD bay for
.
RAID level 0 or 1
OR
A second hard disk installed in the Primary HDD bay, and
a third hard disk in the Secondary HDD bay for RAID
level 5.
• The Device Drivers & Utilities + User's Manual disc.
• A USB Flash drive or external USB hard disk drive with
the RAID folder from the Device Drivers & Utilities +
User's Manual disc copied on to it.

RAID Setup Procedure

Part I: BIOS
1. Start-up your computer and press F2 to enter the BIOS.
2. Go to the Advanced menu, select SATA Mode and press
Enter.
3. Select RAID Mode.
4. Press Esc and go to the Boot menu.
5. Set the CD/DVD-ROM Drive (make sure the Microsoft
Windows OS disc is inserted) as the first device in the boot
order from the Boot menu.
6. Select Save Changes and Reset from the Exit menu (or press
F4) and press Enter to exit the BIOS and reboot the computer.
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