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NVIDIA RAID Installation Guide 1. NVIDIA Windows RAID Installation Guide 11 2.1 NVIDIA Windows RAID Installation Guide for Windows XP / XP 64-bit Users 11 2.2 NVIDIA Windows RAID Installation Guide for Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit Users 21 1 NVIDIA BIOS RAID Installation Guide 2 1.1 Introduction to RAID 2 1.2 RAID Configurations Precautions 3 1.3 Installing Windows XP / XP 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit With RAID Functions 5 1.3.1 Installing Windows XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions 5 1.3.2 Installing Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit With RAID Functions 7 1.4 Create Disk Array 8 2.
NVIDIA RAID Installation Guide 1. NVIDIA Windows RAID Installation Guide 11 2.1 NVIDIA Windows RAID Installation Guide for Windows XP / XP 64-bit Users 11 2.2 NVIDIA Windows RAID Installation Guide for Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit Users 21 1 NVIDIA BIOS RAID Installation Guide 2 1.1 Introduction to RAID 2 1.2 RAID Configurations Precautions 3 1.3 Installing Windows XP / XP 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit With RAID Functions 5 1.3.1 Installing Windows XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions 5 1.3.2 Installing Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit With RAID Functions 7 1.4 Create Disk Array 8 2.
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Please refer to the RAID functions your motherboard provides in advance and follow the instruction in our support CD or "Quick Installation Guide", you can improve the access performance, it will improve data access and storage since the disk array management software will cause data damage or data loss. For optimal performance, please install identical drives of the "User Manual" in this section to create RAID arrays. 1.1 Introduction to RAID The term "RAID" stands for "Redundant Array of Independent Disks", which is a method combining two or more hard disk drives into one drive to...
Please refer to the RAID functions your motherboard provides in advance and follow the instruction in our support CD or "Quick Installation Guide", you can improve the access performance, it will improve data access and storage since the disk array management software will cause data damage or data loss. For optimal performance, please install identical drives of the "User Manual" in this section to create RAID arrays. 1.1 Introduction to RAID The term "RAID" stands for "Redundant Array of Independent Disks", which is a method combining two or more hard disk drives into one drive to...
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When any member disk fails, it does not support fault tolerance. Among the advantages of drives. It is recommended to the sum of three identical hard disk drives for the RAID 1 set of RAID 5configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. For example, if one hard disk has an 80GB storage capacity and the other hard disk has 60GB, the maximum storage capacity for the 80GB-drive becomes 60GB, and the total storage capacity for improved performance plus resiliency. Data is 60GB. 3. RAID 5 RAID 5 stripes both data and parity ...
When any member disk fails, it does not support fault tolerance. Among the advantages of drives. It is recommended to the sum of three identical hard disk drives for the RAID 1 set of RAID 5configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. For example, if one hard disk has an 80GB storage capacity and the other hard disk has 60GB, the maximum storage capacity for the 80GB-drive becomes 60GB, and the total storage capacity for improved performance plus resiliency. Data is 60GB. 3. RAID 5 RAID 5 stripes both data and parity ...
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Please backup your future data building will ask if you create RAID functions. It is recommended to select "Yes", and then your data first before you want to "Clear Disk Data" or not. WARNING!! In the process you create RAID, the system will operate under a clean environment. 4
Please backup your future data building will ask if you create RAID functions. It is recommended to select "Yes", and then your data first before you want to "Clear Disk Data" or not. WARNING!! In the process you create RAID, the system will operate under a clean environment. 4
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... diskette. Generate AHCI Driver diskette for WindowsXP64 4. Generate AHCI Driver diskette for WindowsXP 2. Generate RAID Driver diskette for WindowsXP 3. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII drivers into the floppy drive. Please select CD-...you install. 1.3.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions If you will start to boot your system. (There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack, please choose the one for Windows® XP / XP 64-bit.) B. A. If you want...
... diskette. Generate AHCI Driver diskette for WindowsXP64 4. Generate AHCI Driver diskette for WindowsXP 2. Generate RAID Driver diskette for WindowsXP 3. Insert the ASRock Support CD into your optical drive to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII drivers into the floppy drive. Please select CD-...you install. 1.3.1 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit With RAID Functions If you will start to boot your system. (There are two ASRock Support CD in the motherboard gift box pack, please choose the one for Windows® XP / XP 64-bit.) B. A. If you want...
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You can start to configure RAID function, you still need to check the RAID installation guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. The drivers are two RAID drivers needed for the second one.) NOTE. If you install Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit on IDE HDDs and want to manage (create, convert, delete, or rebuild) RAID functions on SATA / SATAII HDDs, you need to set RAID configuration. Please specify the first RAID driver and then specify again for RAID mode, you start to install Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit OS on your system. STEP 4: Use "RAID ...
You can start to configure RAID function, you still need to check the RAID installation guide in the Support CD for proper configuration. The drivers are two RAID drivers needed for the second one.) NOTE. If you install Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit on IDE HDDs and want to manage (create, convert, delete, or rebuild) RAID functions on SATA / SATAII HDDs, you need to set RAID configuration. Please specify the first RAID driver and then specify again for RAID mode, you start to install Windows® XP / Windows® XP 64-bit OS on your system. STEP 4: Use "RAID ...
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..., please set up "SATA Operation Mode" to [RAID] in the motherboard gift box pack, please choose the one for proper configuration. " page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into the optical drive to the BIOS RAID installation guide part of the document in the following path in our Support CD: (There...
..., please set up "SATA Operation Mode" to [RAID] in the motherboard gift box pack, please choose the one for proper configuration. " page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into the optical drive to the BIOS RAID installation guide part of the document in the following path in our Support CD: (There...
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By default, RAID Mode is set it to Striping if you to press . You have a few seconds to RAID mode, the below window appears. 1.4 Create Disk Array Power on your computer, wait until you see the RAID software prompting you want to create RAID 0. After rebooting your system. Define a New Array window appears. We take RAID 0 for example to show you plan to use NVRAID RAID Utility to Optimal as a part of creating RAID 0. 8 After adjusting the system BIOS to press before the window disappears. And the Striping Block is set to Mirroring, but please set to create RAID...
By default, RAID Mode is set it to Striping if you to press . You have a few seconds to RAID mode, the below window appears. 1.4 Create Disk Array Power on your computer, wait until you see the RAID software prompting you want to create RAID 0. After rebooting your system. Define a New Array window appears. We take RAID 0 for example to show you plan to use NVRAID RAID Utility to Optimal as a part of creating RAID 0. 8 After adjusting the system BIOS to press before the window disappears. And the Striping Block is set to Mirroring, but please set to create RAID...
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B. Tab to assign the disks. These are the drives that are available for use as RAID array disk, A. The first disk in the Array Disks block. 9 Move it from the RAID Config BIOS setup page appear in kilobytes, and affect how data is arranged on the disk. The disks that you want to leave this value at the default Optimal, which is selected. Then, you enabled from the Free Disks block to the Array Disks block by pressing the right-arrow key. It is recommended to use as RAID array disks appear in the list is 64KB, but the values can be between 8KB and 128KB ...
B. Tab to assign the disks. These are the drives that are available for use as RAID array disk, A. The first disk in the Array Disks block. 9 Move it from the RAID Config BIOS setup page appear in kilobytes, and affect how data is arranged on the disk. The disks that you want to leave this value at the default Optimal, which is selected. Then, you enabled from the Free Disks block to the Array Disks block by pressing the right-arrow key. It is recommended to use as RAID array disks appear in the list is 64KB, but the values can be between 8KB and 128KB ...
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Typically, channel 0 is used for Serial ATA drives. 0: Controller M: M means Master, S means Slave Serial ATA 1 . 0 . M Channel 1, controller 1, Master Finally, the Array List window appears, where you can have set up. For example: 1 . 0 . M 1: Channel - Healthy NVIDIA STRIPING 74.53G 10 After assigning your RAID array disks, press to save your changes of each channel has a slave and a master. Depending on the platform used, the system can review the RAID arrays that you have one adapter and multiple channels, and each hard disk is used for Parallel ATA drives while ...
Typically, channel 0 is used for Serial ATA drives. 0: Controller M: M means Master, S means Slave Serial ATA 1 . 0 . M Channel 1, controller 1, Master Finally, the Array List window appears, where you can have set up. For example: 1 . 0 . M 1: Channel - Healthy NVIDIA STRIPING 74.53G 10 After assigning your RAID array disks, press to save your changes of each channel has a slave and a master. Depending on the platform used, the system can review the RAID arrays that you have one adapter and multiple channels, and each hard disk is used for Parallel ATA drives while ...
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NVIDIA Windows RAID Installation Guide NVIDIA Windows RAID Installation Guide is an instruction for Windows XP / XP 64-bit Users A. For Windows XP / XP 64-bit and Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit, there are different installation procedures. After you finish the driver installation, you to configure RAID functions by clicking on the desktop.) Then, below to the OS you install. 2.1 NVIDIA Windows RAID Installation Guide for you can create, delete, or rebuild any RAID array. Please read this guide carefully and follow the instructions below according to configure and manage RAID ...
NVIDIA Windows RAID Installation Guide NVIDIA Windows RAID Installation Guide is an instruction for Windows XP / XP 64-bit Users A. For Windows XP / XP 64-bit and Windows Vista / Vista 64-bit, there are different installation procedures. After you finish the driver installation, you to configure RAID functions by clicking on the desktop.) Then, below to the OS you install. 2.1 NVIDIA Windows RAID Installation Guide for you can create, delete, or rebuild any RAID array. Please read this guide carefully and follow the instructions below according to configure and manage RAID ...
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Please do the following screen will appear. 12 Boot to create RAID arrays. RAID 0+1: Stripe Mirroring - B. RAID 5 In this section are as below: - If you want to use NVRAIDMAN to the steps of using NVRAIDMAN for example to show you install. Go to the system BIOS and make sure that the drives that you plan to use are similar to create other RAID arrays, the operation procedures are RAID enabled. C. B. The RAID items which may choose to use NVRAIDMAN to the SATA / SATAII HDDs amount you how to use RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, JBOD, or RAID 5 function with your ...
Please do the following screen will appear. 12 Boot to create RAID arrays. RAID 0+1: Stripe Mirroring - B. RAID 5 In this section are as below: - If you want to use NVRAIDMAN to the steps of using NVRAIDMAN for example to show you install. Go to the system BIOS and make sure that the drives that you plan to use are similar to create other RAID arrays, the operation procedures are RAID enabled. C. B. The RAID items which may choose to use NVRAIDMAN to the SATA / SATAII HDDs amount you how to use RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, JBOD, or RAID 5 function with your ...
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D. Click Next and the following screen shot. 13 Click the RAID Mode list arrow and select Striping, and leave the "Stripe Size" with its default value as shown in the following screen shot will appear. E.
D. Click Next and the following screen shot. 13 Click the RAID Mode list arrow and select Striping, and leave the "Stripe Size" with its default value as shown in the following screen shot will appear. E.
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G. F. Click Next, and the following screen shot will appear. Select the two disks that you want to include in the stripe set. 14
G. F. Click Next, and the following screen shot will appear. Select the two disks that you want to include in the stripe set. 14
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Initializing NVRAID Array Disks Now that the two-disk array has been created, it needs to be partitioned and formatted. Click on Start → Settings → Control Panel. 15 I. Click Next and the following screen shot will appear. Click Finish and the following screen shot will appear. A. C. The RAID 0 is created successfully. H. To create a striped array with more disks, select additional disks from the list.
Initializing NVRAID Array Disks Now that the two-disk array has been created, it needs to be partitioned and formatted. Click on Start → Settings → Control Panel. 15 I. Click Next and the following screen shot will appear. Click Finish and the following screen shot will appear. A. C. The RAID 0 is created successfully. H. To create a striped array with more disks, select additional disks from the list.
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To create a partition on it, right click on Computer Management. Double click on the Unallocated partition and select New Partition. Click on Administrative Tools. The 153.38 GB is done, you can start using the newly created stripped array. 16 E. F. Follow the Wizard for the two disk striped array that was created earlier. Once that is for setting up and formatting the partition. The following screen is displayed. C. D. Double click on Disk Management. B.
To create a partition on it, right click on Computer Management. Double click on the Unallocated partition and select New Partition. Click on Administrative Tools. The 153.38 GB is done, you can start using the newly created stripped array. 16 E. F. Follow the Wizard for the two disk striped array that was created earlier. Once that is for setting up and formatting the partition. The following screen is displayed. C. D. Double click on Disk Management. B.
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To delete an Array, please do the following screen shot appear. 17 Launch the NVRAIDMAN application and right click on the RAID array that you want to delete an Array. The above screen shot shows that there is a Mirrored array that will be used to delete (assuming that you have a RAID array already created) as shown in the following screen shot. After the "Delete Array..." A. Deleting a RAID Array NVRAIDMAN can be deleted. D. has been selected, the following .
To delete an Array, please do the following screen shot appear. 17 Launch the NVRAIDMAN application and right click on the RAID array that you want to delete an Array. The above screen shot shows that there is a Mirrored array that will be used to delete (assuming that you have a RAID array already created) as shown in the following screen shot. After the "Delete Array..." A. Deleting a RAID Array NVRAIDMAN can be deleted. D. has been selected, the following .
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C. Rebuilding a RAID Array Rebuilding is the process of the drives fail, then you can be deleted and the following screen shot will be applied to fault tolerant arrays such as RAID 1, RAID 0+1, as well as a RAID 5. For example, assuming you have a three disk RAID 5 array, and one , and rebuild the array to re-generate the lost data on Mirroring. C. Go to a hard drive from other drives in the array. Right-click on the newly added drive. Click Next and the following steps: A. A similar process can rebuild the array using the following screen shot will appear. This applies ...
C. Rebuilding a RAID Array Rebuilding is the process of the drives fail, then you can be deleted and the following screen shot will be applied to fault tolerant arrays such as RAID 1, RAID 0+1, as well as a RAID 5. For example, assuming you have a three disk RAID 5 array, and one , and rebuild the array to re-generate the lost data on Mirroring. C. Go to a hard drive from other drives in the array. Right-click on the newly added drive. Click Next and the following steps: A. A similar process can rebuild the array using the following screen shot will appear. This applies ...
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Select the drive that you want to rebuild by clicking it from the list, then click Next. The Completing the NVIDIA Rebuild Array page appears. 19 D. Click Next. E. The Disk Selection page appears.
Select the drive that you want to rebuild by clicking it from the list, then click Next. The Completing the NVIDIA Rebuild Array page appears. 19 D. Click Next. E. The Disk Selection page appears.
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Click Finish. More About Rebuilding Arrays Rebuilding Occurs in the Background The rebuilding process takes some time to complete, and occurs in the background so as not to a degraded fault tolerant array You can rebuild a degraded mirrored array using RAID 1, RAID 0+1, or RAID 5. Rebuilding applies to affect the performance of redundancy or parity. G. Synchronizing a RAID Array Synchronizing an array will force a rebuild of the system. For RAID1 and RAID 0+1, "sync" results in rebuilding the parity. Then the Synchronize Array Wizard Welcome screen appears. Rebuilding does not ...
Click Finish. More About Rebuilding Arrays Rebuilding Occurs in the Background The rebuilding process takes some time to complete, and occurs in the background so as not to a degraded fault tolerant array You can rebuild a degraded mirrored array using RAID 1, RAID 0+1, or RAID 5. Rebuilding applies to affect the performance of redundancy or parity. G. Synchronizing a RAID Array Synchronizing an array will force a rebuild of the system. For RAID1 and RAID 0+1, "sync" results in rebuilding the parity. Then the Synchronize Array Wizard Welcome screen appears. Rebuilding does not ...
