Intel Smart Response Installation Guide
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..." button on the GUI panel. 5. For all required drivers, including RST storage driver version 10.5 or later. 2. Boot system to [RAID Mode]. Once open RST GUI from either Start Menu or by step instructions below. Intel Smart Response Technology Installation Guide This motherboard supports Intel ...Smart Response Technology. For the new version RST driver, please check our website for the latest information: http://www.asrock.com * Before you use Enhanced or Maximized Mode. 6. Complete initial system setup, including installing the OS to accelerate AND the SSD...
..." button on the GUI panel. 5. For all required drivers, including RST storage driver version 10.5 or later. 2. Boot system to [RAID Mode]. Once open RST GUI from either Start Menu or by step instructions below. Intel Smart Response Technology Installation Guide This motherboard supports Intel ...Smart Response Technology. For the new version RST driver, please check our website for the latest information: http://www.asrock.com * Before you use Enhanced or Maximized Mode. 6. Complete initial system setup, including installing the OS to accelerate AND the SSD...
RAID Installation Guide
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... to SATA Hard Disks Installation 2 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 2 2. Installing Windows® on a HDD under 2TB in RAID mode 18 1 Guide to RAID Configurations 3 2.1 Introduction of RAID 3 2.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 6 2.3 Installing Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit With RAID Functions 7 2.4 Setting the BIOS RAID Items 8 2.5 Configuring a RAID array 8 2.5.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility....... 8 2.5.2 Configuring...
... to SATA Hard Disks Installation 2 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 2 2. Installing Windows® on a HDD under 2TB in RAID mode 18 1 Guide to RAID Configurations 3 2.1 Introduction of RAID 3 2.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 6 2.3 Installing Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit With RAID Functions 7 2.4 Setting the BIOS RAID Items 8 2.5 Configuring a RAID array 8 2.5.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility....... 8 2.5.2 Configuring...
RAID Installation Guide
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This section will guide you how to SATA Hard Disks Installation 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation Intel chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage. 1. Please read the RAID configurations in this motherboard for internal storage devices. You may install SATA hard disks on SATA ports. 2 Guide to create RAID on this guide carefully according to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts.
This section will guide you how to SATA Hard Disks Installation 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation Intel chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage. 1. Please read the RAID configurations in this motherboard for internal storage devices. You may install SATA hard disks on SATA ports. 2 Guide to create RAID on this guide carefully according to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts.
RAID Installation Guide
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...since it does not provide any HDDs of the RAID 0 Disk will introduce the basic knowledge of Independent Disks", which is called data striping that integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Rapid Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 function with four independent Serial ATA (SATA... data transfer rate. RAID The term "RAID" stands for "Redundant Array of RAID, and the guide to a second drive. RAID 1 (Data Mirroring) RAID 1 is a method combining two or more hard disk drives into one drive to configure RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Rapid Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 settings. For optimal...
...since it does not provide any HDDs of the RAID 0 Disk will introduce the basic knowledge of Independent Disks", which is called data striping that integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Rapid Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 function with four independent Serial ATA (SATA... data transfer rate. RAID The term "RAID" stands for "Redundant Array of RAID, and the guide to a second drive. RAID 1 (Data Mirroring) RAID 1 is a method combining two or more hard disk drives into one drive to configure RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Rapid Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 settings. For optimal...
RAID Installation Guide
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... of four hard disk drives is a striped configuration with RAID 1 segments whose segments are RAID 1 arrays. RAID 10 achieves high input / output rates by striping RAID 1 segments. In some instances, a RAID 10 configuration can sustain multiple simultaneous drive failure. RAID 10 RAID 10 is required for fault-tolerance as RAID 1, and has the same overhead for this setup...
... of four hard disk drives is a striped configuration with RAID 1 segments whose segments are RAID 1 arrays. RAID 10 achieves high input / output rates by striping RAID 1 segments. In some instances, a RAID 10 configuration can sustain multiple simultaneous drive failure. RAID 10 RAID 10 is required for fault-tolerance as RAID 1, and has the same overhead for this setup...
RAID Installation Guide
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The RAID 5 configuration is best suited for this setup. 5 Among the advantages of three identical hard disk drives for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other business systems. Use a minimum of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. RAID 5 RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives.
The RAID 5 configuration is best suited for this setup. 5 Among the advantages of three identical hard disk drives for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other business systems. Use a minimum of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. RAID 5 RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives.
RAID Installation Guide
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...drive must be the base storage size. If you want to create a RAID 1 (mirroring) array for the RAID 1 set is 120GB. 2. 2.2 RAID Configurations Precautions 1. It is recommended to select "Yes", and then your new RAID array. Please verify the status of the same size or larger than the... existing drive). It is recommended to use two new drives if you create RAID functions. Please backup your data first before you use two drives of the same size. Please use two SATA drives of different...
...drive must be the base storage size. If you want to create a RAID 1 (mirroring) array for the RAID 1 set is 120GB. 2. 2.2 RAID Configurations Precautions 1. It is recommended to select "Yes", and then your new RAID array. Please verify the status of the same size or larger than the... existing drive). It is recommended to use two new drives if you create RAID functions. Please backup your data first before you use two drives of the same size. Please use two SATA drives of different...
RAID Installation Guide
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...". Follow the onscreen instruction to STEP4. B. otherwise, skip to complete the process. Plug in UEFI setup. STEP 3: Use ASRock Easy RAID Installer Follow this document for instructions on how to install Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs ... your USB flash drive into a USB port B. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. 2.3 Installing Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit With RAID Functions If you use a HDD larger than 2TB; Please refer to p.8 -16 of this step only if you want to set...
...". Follow the onscreen instruction to STEP4. B. otherwise, skip to complete the process. Plug in UEFI setup. STEP 3: Use ASRock Easy RAID Installer Follow this document for instructions on how to install Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs ... your USB flash drive into a USB port B. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. 2.3 Installing Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit With RAID Functions If you use a HDD larger than 2TB; Please refer to p.8 -16 of this step only if you want to set...
RAID Installation Guide
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... in the BIOS before setting your change before you exit BIOS setup. 2.5 Configuring a RAID array You can configure a RAID array using either UEFI Setup Utility or Intel® RAID BIOS setup utility. 2.5.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility STEP 1: For Windows® 8: Go to UEFI SETUP UTILITY Boot to set "Fast ...Boot" to [Ultra Fast]. Press key to [RAID]. or Go to UEFI SETUP UTILITY Boot to enter BIOS setup utility. For Windows® 7: Go to UEFI SETUP UTILITY Boot CSM to set the ...
... in the BIOS before setting your change before you exit BIOS setup. 2.5 Configuring a RAID array You can configure a RAID array using either UEFI Setup Utility or Intel® RAID BIOS setup utility. 2.5.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility STEP 1: For Windows® 8: Go to UEFI SETUP UTILITY Boot to set "Fast ...Boot" to [Ultra Fast]. Press key to [RAID]. or Go to UEFI SETUP UTILITY Boot to enter BIOS setup utility. For Windows® 7: Go to UEFI SETUP UTILITY Boot CSM to set the ...
RAID Installation Guide
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STEP 2: Enter Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology in Advanced page. STEP 3: Select the option Create RAID Volume and press . 9
STEP 2: Enter Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology in Advanced page. STEP 3: Select the option Create RAID Volume and press . 9
RAID Installation Guide
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STEP 4: Key-in a a volume name and press , or simply press to accept the default name. STEP 5: Select your desired RAID Level and press . 10
STEP 4: Key-in a a volume name and press , or simply press to accept the default name. STEP 5: Select your desired RAID Level and press . 10
RAID Installation Guide
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STEP 7: Select a stripe size for the RAID array and press . 11 STEP 6: Select the hard drives to be included in the RAID array and press .
STEP 7: Select a stripe size for the RAID array and press . 11 STEP 6: Select the hard drives to be included in the RAID array and press .
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If you want to start creating the RAID array. STEP 8: Select Create Volume and press to delete a RAID volume, select the option Delete on the RAID volume info page and press . 12
If you want to start creating the RAID array. STEP 8: Select Create Volume and press to delete a RAID volume, select the option Delete on the RAID volume info page and press . 12
RAID Installation Guide
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Wait until you see the RAID software prompting you to press . Press . Volume0 13 In the Create Volume Menu, under Name item, please key-in a unique name with 1-16 letters for your computer. Create RAID Volume window appears. Then, the Intel RAID Utility - 2.5.2 Configuring a RAID array Using Intel RAID BIOS Reboot your RAID volume then press .
Wait until you see the RAID software prompting you to press . Press . Volume0 13 In the Create Volume Menu, under Name item, please key-in a unique name with 1-16 letters for your computer. Create RAID Volume window appears. Then, the Intel RAID Utility - 2.5.2 Configuring a RAID array Using Intel RAID BIOS Reboot your RAID volume then press .
RAID Installation Guide
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... up or down arrow keys to select the stripe size for your RAID level. You may select RAID 0 (Stripe), RAID 1 (Mirror), RAID 5 or RAID 10 for your desired RAID Level. Press , and then you selected RAID 0 (Stripe), use the up or down keys to select your RAID 0 array then press . Volume0 Volume0 If you can select Strip Size...
... up or down arrow keys to select the stripe size for your RAID level. You may select RAID 0 (Stripe), RAID 1 (Mirror), RAID 5 or RAID 10 for your desired RAID Level. Press , and then you selected RAID 0 (Stripe), use the up or down keys to select your RAID 0 array then press . Volume0 Volume0 If you can select Strip Size...
RAID Installation Guide
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If you want to configure RAID functions after you are only allowed to complete the setup of RAID. After the completion, you will see the detailed information about the RAID that you install OS. If you set up. Press to create one RAID partition at a time under Windows environment to delete a RAID volume, please select the option Delete RAID Volume, press , and then follow the instructions on the screen. 16 Please note that you want to create an extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility under BIOS RAID environment.
If you want to configure RAID functions after you are only allowed to complete the setup of RAID. After the completion, you will see the detailed information about the RAID that you install OS. If you set up. Press to create one RAID partition at a time under Windows environment to delete a RAID volume, please select the option Delete RAID Volume, press , and then follow the instructions on the screen. 16 Please note that you want to create an extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility under BIOS RAID environment.
RAID Installation Guide
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Installing Windows® on a HDD under 2TB in RAID mode After the UEFI and RAID BIOS setup you may start installing Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS as usual. 17 3.
Installing Windows® on a HDD under 2TB in RAID mode After the UEFI and RAID BIOS setup you may start installing Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS as usual. 17 3.
RAID Installation Guide
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...Please make sure to boot. 18 4. STEP 1: Copy Intel® RAID drivers into a USB flash disk You can download the drivers from ASRock's website and unzip the files into a USB flash disk or copy the files from ASRock's motherboard support CD. (Please copy the files under the following directory:... 32 bit: ..\i386\Win7_Intel.. 64-bit: ..\AMD64\Win7-64_Intel.. Installing Windows® on a HDD larger than 2TB in RAID mode Windows® 7 / 8 does not support HDD...
...Please make sure to boot. 18 4. STEP 1: Copy Intel® RAID drivers into a USB flash disk You can download the drivers from ASRock's website and unzip the files into a USB flash disk or copy the files from ASRock's motherboard support CD. (Please copy the files under the following directory:... 32 bit: ..\i386\Win7_Intel.. 64-bit: ..\AMD64\Win7-64_Intel.. Installing Windows® on a HDD larger than 2TB in RAID mode Windows® 7 / 8 does not support HDD...
RAID Installation Guide
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page, please click "Load Driver". select "Browse" to install the OS by following the instructions. 19 Start Windows® Installation. Plug the USB flash disk into your USB port; Please keep the USB flash disk installed until the system's first reboot. Continue to find the RAID driver. When you see "Where do you have copied in the first step. Then choose the directory you want to install Windows?"
page, please click "Load Driver". select "Browse" to install the OS by following the instructions. 19 Start Windows® Installation. Plug the USB flash disk into your USB port; Please keep the USB flash disk installed until the system's first reboot. Continue to find the RAID driver. When you see "Where do you have copied in the first step. Then choose the directory you want to install Windows?"
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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... one of a single drive as editing home video. Intel Rapid Storage Technology provides benefits to users of three fault-tolerant RAID levels: RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10. When using one or multiple hard drives, users can reduce the power consumption of the chipset and Serial ATA (...easily restored. AHCI also delivers longer battery life with an external drive. Valuable digital memories are protected against data loss in a RAID 0 configuration, data can be accomplished easily with Link Power Management (LPM), which can take advantage of disk intensive retrieval applications ...
... one of a single drive as editing home video. Intel Rapid Storage Technology provides benefits to users of three fault-tolerant RAID levels: RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10. When using one or multiple hard drives, users can reduce the power consumption of the chipset and Serial ATA (...easily restored. AHCI also delivers longer battery life with an external drive. Valuable digital memories are protected against data loss in a RAID 0 configuration, data can be accomplished easily with Link Power Management (LPM), which can take advantage of disk intensive retrieval applications ...