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After you finish the driver installation, you can create, delete, or rebuild any RAID array. Please enter Intel Matrix Storage Manager by clicking on Start All Programs Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Intel Matrix Storage Console. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Console 1 Enter Intel Matrix Storage Manager RAID driver is built in Intel ALL in one driver provided in our support CD. Guide to Intel Matrix Storage Manager 1. Then, the below screen appears.
After you finish the driver installation, you can create, delete, or rebuild any RAID array. Please enter Intel Matrix Storage Manager by clicking on Start All Programs Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Intel Matrix Storage Console. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Console 1 Enter Intel Matrix Storage Manager RAID driver is built in Intel ALL in one driver provided in our support CD. Guide to Intel Matrix Storage Manager 1. Then, the below screen appears.
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Please click Next to create a RAID volume. Create RAID Volume Select Action Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard pops up. 2. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Console Then, Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive to continue. 2
Please click Next to create a RAID volume. Create RAID Volume Select Action Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard pops up. 2. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Console Then, Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive to continue. 2
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... move the source disk that you need to key-in the Volume Name with 1-16 letters, select the RAID Level, and then set the Strip Size between 4KB and 128KB. To configure a new RAID volume, you plan to use to the Selected field, and then click Next to select the source disk...
... move the source disk that you need to key-in the Volume Name with 1-16 letters, select the RAID Level, and then set the Strip Size between 4KB and 128KB. To configure a new RAID volume, you plan to use to the Selected field, and then click Next to select the source disk...
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It is recommended you use the slider to specify. Specify the Volume Size. Specify the amount of the available space for the optimized usage. Then click Next to be used by the new RAID volume. You may enter the amount in the space or use 100% of available array space to continue. 5
It is recommended you use the slider to specify. Specify the Volume Size. Specify the amount of the available space for the optimized usage. Then click Next to be used by the new RAID volume. You may enter the amount in the space or use 100% of available array space to continue. 5
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Intel(R) Matrix Storage Console and select Show Migration Progress. 6 It is critical that as long as you backup all important data before this operation cannot be undone. Then, the migration process starts, which may take up to two hours to complete depending on the selected hard drive will be deleted and this step. Please note that you click Finish, the existing data on the size of the disks being used and the strip size selected. Start Creating RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard.
Intel(R) Matrix Storage Console and select Show Migration Progress. 6 It is critical that as long as you backup all important data before this operation cannot be undone. Then, the migration process starts, which may take up to two hours to complete depending on the selected hard drive will be deleted and this step. Please note that you click Finish, the existing data on the size of the disks being used and the strip size selected. Start Creating RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard.
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... made to the data on the recovery drive back to the recovery drive when the system is a feature of the two hard drives. 8 It uses RAID 1 (mirroring) functionality to copy data from a designated master drive to the recovery drive either continuously or on a system. When using the on request update policy...
... made to the data on the recovery drive back to the recovery drive when the system is a feature of the two hard drives. 8 It uses RAID 1 (mirroring) functionality to copy data from a designated master drive to the recovery drive either continuously or on a system. When using the on request update policy...
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Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 2 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 2 2. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration 1. Guide to RAID Configurations 3 2.1 Introduction of RAID 3 2.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 5 2.3 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions 6 2.4 Setting the BIOS RAID Items 11 2.5 Configuring the Intel RAID BIOS 11 2.6 Deleting RAID Volume 15 1
Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 2 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 2 2. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration 1. Guide to RAID Configurations 3 2.1 Introduction of RAID 3 2.2 RAID Configuration Precautions 5 2.3 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions 6 2.4 Setting the BIOS RAID Items 11 2.5 Configuring the Intel RAID BIOS 11 2.6 Deleting RAID Volume 15 1
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... ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation of "User Manual" in this motherboard for internal storage devices. Please read the RAID configurations in the support CD. This section will guide you how to create RAID on this guide carefully according to SATA Hard Disks Installation 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation Intel ICH10R southbridge...
... ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation of "User Manual" in this motherboard for internal storage devices. Please read the RAID configurations in the support CD. This section will guide you how to create RAID on this guide carefully according to SATA Hard Disks Installation 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation Intel ICH10R southbridge...
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... will introduce the basic knowledge of the same model and capacity when creating a RAID set. 2. RAID 0 (Data Striping) RAID 0 is called data striping that integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Matrix Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 function with four independent Serial ATA (SATA) channels. RAID 1 (Data Mirroring) RAID 1 is called data mirroring that copies and maintains an identical image of...
... will introduce the basic knowledge of the same model and capacity when creating a RAID set. 2. RAID 0 (Data Striping) RAID 0 is called data striping that integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Matrix Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 function with four independent Serial ATA (SATA) channels. RAID 1 (Data Mirroring) RAID 1 is called data mirroring that copies and maintains an identical image of...
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... 4 This configuration has the same fault tolerance as RAID 1, and has the same overhead for this setup. A minimum of four hard disk drives is a striped configuration with RAID 1 segments whose segments are RAID 1 arrays. RAID 5 RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or...disk drives for faulttolerance as mirroring alone. RAID 10 achieves high input / output rates by striping RAID 1 segments. This technology also allows you to create a RAID 0 and RAID 1 set using only two identical hard disk drives. The RAID 5 configuration is best suited for transaction processing...
... 4 This configuration has the same fault tolerance as RAID 1, and has the same overhead for this setup. A minimum of four hard disk drives is a striped configuration with RAID 1 segments whose segments are RAID 1 arrays. RAID 5 RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or...disk drives for faulttolerance as mirroring alone. RAID 10 achieves high input / output rates by striping RAID 1 segments. This technology also allows you to create a RAID 0 and RAID 1 set using only two identical hard disk drives. The RAID 5 configuration is best suited for transaction processing...
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...size or larger than the existing drive). WARNING!! It is 120GB. 2. If you are creating a RAID 0 (striping) array for data protection (the new drive must be the base storage size. For...different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will be the base storage size for this RAID 0 set is recommended to create a RAID 1 (mirroring) array for performance. Please verify the status of the same size. ...an 80GB storage capacity and the other hard disk has 60GB, the maximum storage capacity for the RAID 1 set up your hard disks before you want to use an existing drive and a new ...
...size or larger than the existing drive). WARNING!! It is 120GB. 2. If you are creating a RAID 0 (striping) array for data protection (the new drive must be the base storage size. For...different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will be the base storage size for this RAID 0 set is recommended to create a RAID 1 (mirroring) array for performance. Please verify the status of the same size. ...an 80GB storage capacity and the other hard disk has 60GB, the maximum storage capacity for the RAID 1 set up your hard disks before you want to use an existing drive and a new ...
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... folder at the beginning of system boot-up BIOS. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", which is located in it! B. Please insert a floppy diskette into your optical drive to boot your system. STEP 1: Set up , press key, and ... screen, "Do you want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . 2.3 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs with...
... folder at the beginning of system boot-up BIOS. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", which is located in it! B. Please insert a floppy diskette into your optical drive to boot your system. STEP 1: Set up , press key, and ... screen, "Do you want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette [YN]?", press . 2.3 Installing Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs with...
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... OS, if you want to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit on your system. You may select: "Intel(R) ICH10R SATA RAID Controller (Desktop - After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. After the installation of Intel Matrix Storage. The following path...: .. \ Intel Matrix Storage Manager Information If you can be seamlessly upgraded to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 at the following steps outline how to use "Intel Matrix Storage Manager" in Windows® environment, please install SATA / ...
... OS, if you want to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit on your system. You may select: "Intel(R) ICH10R SATA RAID Controller (Desktop - After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be presented. After the installation of Intel Matrix Storage. The following path...: .. \ Intel Matrix Storage Manager Information If you can be seamlessly upgraded to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 at the following steps outline how to use "Intel Matrix Storage Manager" in Windows® environment, please install SATA / ...
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... in the system; Windows XP)" for Windows® XP 64-bit. 5. Windows XP64)" for Windows® XP or "Intel(R) ICH10R SATA RAID Controller (Desktop - Install the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager software via the CD-ROM included with a capacity equal to extend any data on the ...can be used as prompted. Note the serial number of the next section to migrate the system to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5. 2.3.3 Migrating a "RAID Ready" System to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 If you have an existing "RAID Ready" system, then you can follow the procedures of the hard drive already in order to a...
... in the system; Windows XP)" for Windows® XP 64-bit. 5. Windows XP64)" for Windows® XP or "Intel(R) ICH10R SATA RAID Controller (Desktop - Install the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager software via the CD-ROM included with a capacity equal to extend any data on the ...can be used as prompted. Note the serial number of the next section to migrate the system to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5. 2.3.3 Migrating a "RAID Ready" System to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 If you have an existing "RAID Ready" system, then you can follow the procedures of the hard drive already in order to a...
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..., you want to install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit on the bottom to load the Intel® RAID drivers. STEP 2: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to set the option to [RAID]. page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your system. B. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard...
..., you want to install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit on the bottom to load the Intel® RAID drivers. STEP 2: Use "RAID Installation Guide" to set the option to [RAID]. page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your system. B. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard...
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...press . Save your computer. Then, the Intel RAID Utility - Boot your RAID configuration. Create RAID Volume window appears. 2.4 Setting the BIOS RAID Items After installing the hard disk drives, please set the option Configure SATA as to [RAID]. Highlight Advanced and press , then the main ...interface of BIOS setup utility will appear. Wait until you see the RAID software prompting you exit BIOS setup. 2.5 Configuring the Intel RAID BIOS Reboot your change before setting your...
...press . Save your computer. Then, the Intel RAID Utility - Boot your RAID configuration. Create RAID Volume window appears. 2.4 Setting the BIOS RAID Items After installing the hard disk drives, please set the option Configure SATA as to [RAID]. Highlight Advanced and press , then the main ...interface of BIOS setup utility will appear. Wait until you see the RAID software prompting you exit BIOS setup. 2.5 Configuring the Intel RAID BIOS Reboot your change before setting your...
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Volume0 In the Create Volume Menu, under Name item, please key-in a unique name with 1-16 letters for your RAID level. Volume0 Use the up or down arrow keys to select your RAID volume then press . Press , and then you can select Strip Size. 12 You may select RAID0 (Stripe), RAID1 (Mirror), RAID 5, RAID 10, or Matrix Storage for your desired RAID Level.
Volume0 In the Create Volume Menu, under Name item, please key-in a unique name with 1-16 letters for your RAID level. Volume0 Use the up or down arrow keys to select your RAID volume then press . Press , and then you can select Strip Size. 12 You may select RAID0 (Stripe), RAID1 (Mirror), RAID 5, RAID 10, or Matrix Storage for your desired RAID Level.
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typical disk usage • 128 KB - low disk usage • 64 KB - The strip value should be chosen based on the planned drive usage. • 8 /16 KB - Volume0 After setting up or down arrow keys to select the stripe size for your RAID 0 array then press .The available values range from 8 KB to set disk Capacity. The default selection is 128 KB. performance disk usage After you selected RAID 0 (Stripe), use the up Capacity, please press . 13 Volume0 If you set disk block size, press to 128 KB.
typical disk usage • 128 KB - low disk usage • 64 KB - The strip value should be chosen based on the planned drive usage. • 8 /16 KB - Volume0 After setting up or down arrow keys to select the stripe size for your RAID 0 array then press .The available values range from 8 KB to set disk Capacity. The default selection is 128 KB. performance disk usage After you selected RAID 0 (Stripe), use the up Capacity, please press . 13 Volume0 If you set disk block size, press to 128 KB.
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After the completion, you will see the detailed information about the RAID that you set up. 14 Volume0 Press under the Create Volume item. Volume0 Press to complete the setup of RAID. The utility prompts a confirmation message as below.
After the completion, you will see the detailed information about the RAID that you set up. 14 Volume0 Press under the Create Volume item. Volume0 Press to complete the setup of RAID. The utility prompts a confirmation message as below.
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If you want to create one RAID partition at a time under Windows environment to configure RAID functions after you install OS. 2.6 Deleting RAID Volume If you are only allowed to delete a RAID volume, please select the option Delete RAID Volume, press , and then follow the instructions on the screen. 15 Please note that you want to create extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility under BIOS RAID environment.
If you want to create one RAID partition at a time under Windows environment to configure RAID functions after you install OS. 2.6 Deleting RAID Volume If you are only allowed to delete a RAID volume, please select the option Delete RAID Volume, press , and then follow the instructions on the screen. 15 Please note that you want to create extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility under BIOS RAID environment.