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Guide to Intel Matrix Storage Manager 1. Then, the below screen appears. 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. After you finish the driver installation, you can create, delete, or rebuild any RAID array.
Guide to Intel Matrix Storage Manager 1. Then, the below screen appears. 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. After you finish the driver installation, you can create, delete, or rebuild any RAID array.
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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. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Console Then, Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive to continue. 2 2.
Please click Next to create a RAID volume. Create RAID Volume Select Action Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard pops up. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Console Then, Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive to continue. 2 2.
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... the Selected field, and then click Next 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 need to continue. 3 The most typical strip size settings are: 4KB: For specialized usage models requiring...
... the Selected field, and then click Next 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 need to continue. 3 The most typical strip size settings are: 4KB: For specialized usage models requiring...
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It is recommended you use the slider to continue. 5 You may enter the amount in the space or use 100% of available array space to be used by the new RAID volume. Then click Next to specify. Specify the Volume Size. Specify the amount of the available space for the optimized usage.
It is recommended you use the slider to continue. 5 You may enter the amount in the space or use 100% of available array space to be used by the new RAID volume. Then click Next to specify. Specify the Volume Size. Specify the amount of the available space for the optimized usage.
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Intel(R) Matrix Storage Console and select Show Migration Progress. 6 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. Start Creating RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard. It is critical that as long as you backup all important data before this operation cannot be undone. Please note that you click Finish, the existing data on the size of the disks being used and the strip size selected.
Intel(R) Matrix Storage Console and select Show Migration Progress. 6 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. Start Creating RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard. It is critical that as long as you backup all important data before this operation cannot be undone. Please note that you click Finish, the existing data on the size of the disks being used and the strip size selected.
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... be restored to a previous state by copying the data on the recovery drive back to the recovery drive either continuously or on a system. It uses RAID 1 (mirroring) functionality to copy data from a designated master drive to the recovery drive when the system is re-docked.
... be restored to a previous state by copying the data on the recovery drive back to the recovery drive either continuously or on a system. It uses RAID 1 (mirroring) functionality to copy data from a designated master drive to the recovery drive when the system is re-docked.
RAID Installation Guide
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Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 2 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 2 2. 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 and RAID Configuration 1.
Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 2 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 2 2. 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 and RAID Configuration 1.
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You may install SATA hard disks on SATA ports. 2 Please read the RAID configurations in the support CD. For SATA installation guide, please refer to Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation of "User Manual" in ...guide you how to SATA Hard Disks Installation 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation Intel P55 southbridge chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, and Intel Matrix Storage. Guide to create RAID on this guide carefully according to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts. 1.
You may install SATA hard disks on SATA ports. 2 Please read the RAID configurations in the support CD. For SATA installation guide, please refer to Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation of "User Manual" in ...guide you how to SATA Hard Disks Installation 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation Intel P55 southbridge chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, and Intel Matrix Storage. Guide to create RAID on this guide carefully according to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts. 1.
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... array management software will improve data access and storage since it does not provide any HDDs of the RAID 0 Disk will introduce the basic knowledge of the data in parallel, interleaved stacks. It will direct...tolerance. It provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to configure RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Matrix Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 settings. RAID 1 (Data Mirroring) RAID 1 is called data mirroring that integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Matrix Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 function with six independent Serial ATA (SATA) channels. ...
... array management software will improve data access and storage since it does not provide any HDDs of the RAID 0 Disk will introduce the basic knowledge of the data in parallel, interleaved stacks. It will direct...tolerance. It provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to configure RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Matrix Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 settings. RAID 1 (Data Mirroring) RAID 1 is called data mirroring that integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Matrix Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 function with six independent Serial ATA (SATA) channels. ...
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... suited for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other business systems. Use a minimum of three identical hard disk drives for faulttolerance as RAID 1, and has the same overhead for this setup. The Intel Matrix Storage technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive to create...
... suited for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other business systems. Use a minimum of three identical hard disk drives for faulttolerance as RAID 1, and has the same overhead for this setup. The Intel Matrix Storage technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive to create...
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...hard disks before you use two drives of the same size. Please backup your data first before you want to create a RAID 1 (mirroring) array for this RAID 0 set is recommended to use two SATA drives of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will be the base ...capacity hard disk will be the base storage size. In the process you create RAID, the system will operate under a clean environment. 5 WARNING!! It is 120GB. 2. If you are creating a RAID 0 (striping) array for the RAID 1 set up your future data building will ask if you set is recommended...
...hard disks before you use two drives of the same size. Please backup your data first before you want to create a RAID 1 (mirroring) array for this RAID 0 set is recommended to use two SATA drives of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will be the base ...capacity hard disk will be the base storage size. In the process you create RAID, the system will operate under a clean environment. 5 WARNING!! It is 120GB. 2. If you are creating a RAID 0 (striping) array for the RAID 1 set up your future data building will ask if you set is recommended...
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...Driver Diskette. D. Please insert a floppy diskette into your optical drive to format and copy files [YN]? During POST at the following path: .. \ RAID Installation Guide 6 Start to boot your system. Set "SATAII Configuration" to [Enhanced], and then in the Support CD for boot devices selection appears. ...Then you will start to configure the RAID function, you need to check the installation guide in the option "Configure SATAII as the boot device. The system will see the...
...Driver Diskette. D. Please insert a floppy diskette into your optical drive to format and copy files [YN]? During POST at the following path: .. \ RAID Installation Guide 6 Start to boot your system. Set "SATAII Configuration" to [Enhanced], and then in the Support CD for boot devices selection appears. ...Then you will start to configure the RAID function, you need to check the installation guide in the option "Configure SATAII as the boot device. The system will see the...
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...After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be installed to your system as well. 2.3.2 Setting Up a "RAID Ready" System You can be seamlessly upgraded to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 at the following steps outline how to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit on your system. At...Storage Manager Information If you install. When done, exit Setup. 3. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the Intel® RAID driver. Set up a "RAID Ready" system with a single SATA / SATAII hard disk. STEP 4: Install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system. You...
...After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be installed to your system as well. 2.3.2 Setting Up a "RAID Ready" System You can be seamlessly upgraded to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 at the following steps outline how to install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit on your system. At...Storage Manager Information If you install. When done, exit Setup. 3. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver diskette containing the Intel® RAID driver. Set up a "RAID Ready" system with a single SATA / SATAII hard disk. STEP 4: Install Windows® XP / XP 64-bit OS on your system. You...
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...the migration. 2. 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 be lost. 4. Open the Intel Storage Utility from the...If you will use the following steps to perform a migration from within the RAID volume. 8 You may also use Disk Management from a single non-RAID configuration to a two drive RAID 0, RAID 1 configuration or three drive RAID 5 configuration. Click through the dialogs as the source hard drive. 1. ...
...the migration. 2. 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 be lost. 4. Open the Intel Storage Utility from the...If you will use the following steps to perform a migration from within the RAID volume. 8 You may also use Disk Management from a single non-RAID configuration to a two drive RAID 0, RAID 1 configuration or three drive RAID 5 configuration. Click through the dialogs as the source hard drive. 1. ...
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.../ VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive to boot your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow the instruction to load the Intel® RAID drivers. page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into the optical drive again to install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit on... your system, and follow below steps. After the installation of Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS, if you want to manage RAID functions, ...
.../ VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive to boot your SATA / SATAII HDDs with RAID functions, please follow the instruction to load the Intel® RAID drivers. page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into the optical drive again to install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit on... your system, and follow below steps. After the installation of Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS, if you want to manage RAID functions, ...
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... then the main interface of BIOS setup utility will appear. Save your computer. Please set the necessary RAID items in the BIOS before you to press . 2.4 Setting the BIOS RAID Items After installing the hard disk drives, please set the option Configure SATA as to enter BIOS setup... utility. Then, the Intel RAID Utility - Create RAID Volume window appears. 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 system, and press key to...
... then the main interface of BIOS setup utility will appear. Save your computer. Please set the necessary RAID items in the BIOS before you to press . 2.4 Setting the BIOS RAID Items After installing the hard disk drives, please set the option Configure SATA as to enter BIOS setup... utility. Then, the Intel RAID Utility - Create RAID Volume window appears. 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 system, and press key to...
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You may select RAID0 (Stripe), RAID1 (Mirror), RAID 5, RAID 10, or Matrix Storage for your RAID volume then press . Volume0 Use the up or down arrow keys to select your RAID level. Press , and then you can select Strip Size. 12 Volume0 In the Create Volume Menu, under Name item, please key-in a unique name with 1-16 letters for your desired RAID Level.
You may select RAID0 (Stripe), RAID1 (Mirror), RAID 5, RAID 10, or Matrix Storage for your RAID volume then press . Volume0 Use the up or down arrow keys to select your RAID level. Press , and then you can select Strip Size. 12 Volume0 In the Create Volume Menu, under Name item, please key-in a unique name with 1-16 letters for your desired RAID Level.
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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. low disk usage • 64 KB - typical disk usage • 128 KB - Volume0 If you set disk block size, press to 128 KB. performance disk usage After you selected RAID 0 (Stripe), use the up Capacity, please press . 13
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. low disk usage • 64 KB - typical disk usage • 128 KB - Volume0 If you set disk block size, press to 128 KB. performance disk usage After you selected RAID 0 (Stripe), use the up Capacity, please press . 13
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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. The utility prompts a confirmation message as below. Volume0 Press to complete the setup of RAID.
After the completion, you will see the detailed information about the RAID that you set up. 14 Volume0 Press under the Create Volume item. The utility prompts a confirmation message as below. Volume0 Press to complete the setup of RAID.
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Please note that 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 If you want to create extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility under BIOS RAID environment.
Please note that 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 If you want to create extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility under BIOS RAID environment.