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After you finish the driver installation, you can create, delete, or rebuild any RAID array. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Console 1 Please enter Intel Matrix Storage Manager by clicking on Start All Programs Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Intel Matrix Storage Console. Guide to Intel Matrix Storage Manager 1. Then, the below screen appears. 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. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Console 1 Please enter Intel Matrix Storage Manager by clicking on Start All Programs Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Intel Matrix Storage Console. Guide to Intel Matrix Storage Manager 1. Then, the below screen appears. Enter Intel Matrix Storage Manager RAID driver is built in Intel ALL in one driver provided in our support CD.
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Intel(R) Matrix Storage Console Then, Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive to continue. 2 Please click Next to create a RAID volume. 2. 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 Please click Next to create a RAID volume. 2. Create RAID Volume Select Action Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard pops up.
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... most desktops and workstations Then you have 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 select the source disk. Please click the " " arrow to move the source disk that...
... most desktops and workstations Then you have 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 select the source disk. Please click the " " arrow to move the source disk that...
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Then click Next to specify. You may enter the amount in the space or use 100% of available array space to be used by the new RAID volume. It is recommended you use the slider to continue. 5 Specify the Volume Size. Specify the amount of the available space for the optimized usage.
Then click Next to specify. You may enter the amount in the space or use 100% of available array space to be used by the new RAID volume. It is recommended you use the slider to continue. 5 Specify the Volume Size. Specify the amount of the available space for the optimized usage.
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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. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Console and select Show Migration Progress. 6 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.
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. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Console and select Show Migration Progress. 6 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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Recovery volume capacity will equal the size of the smaller of Intel Matrix Storage Manager. It uses RAID 1 (mirroring) functionality to copy data from a designated master drive to a previous state by copying the data on request. When using the continuous update policy, changes ...
Recovery volume capacity will equal the size of the smaller of Intel Matrix Storage Manager. It uses RAID 1 (mirroring) functionality to copy data from a designated master drive to a previous state by copying the data on request. When using the continuous update policy, changes ...
RAID Installation Guide
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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. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 2 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation 2 2.
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...Installation Intel ICH10R southbridge chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, and Intel Matrix Storage. You may install SATA hard disks on SATA ports. 2 Please read the RAID configurations in the support CD. This section will guide you how to... create RAID on this guide carefully according to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts. Guide...
...Installation Intel ICH10R southbridge chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, and Intel Matrix Storage. You may install SATA hard disks on SATA ports. 2 Please read the RAID configurations in the support CD. This section will guide you how to... create RAID on this guide carefully according to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts. Guide...
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...which is called data mirroring that copies and maintains an identical image of the data in parallel, interleaved stacks. Although RAID 0 function can improve the access performance, it will cause data damage or data loss. Guide to the surviving ... more hard disk drives into one drive to configure RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Matrix Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 settings. WARNING!! RAID 1 (Data Mirroring) RAID 1 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...
...which is called data mirroring that copies and maintains an identical image of the data in parallel, interleaved stacks. Although RAID 0 function can improve the access performance, it will cause data damage or data loss. Guide to the surviving ... more hard disk drives into one drive to configure RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Matrix Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 settings. WARNING!! RAID 1 (Data Mirroring) RAID 1 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...
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...technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive to create a virtual RAID 0 and RAID 1 sets. 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. This configuration has the same... fault tolerance as RAID 1, and has the same overhead for this setup. The RAID 5 configuration is a striped configuration with RAID 1 segments whose segments are RAID 1 arrays. Intel Matrix Storage The Intel Matrix Storage technology ...
...technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive to create a virtual RAID 0 and RAID 1 sets. 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. This configuration has the same... fault tolerance as RAID 1, and has the same overhead for this setup. The RAID 5 configuration is a striped configuration with RAID 1 segments whose segments are RAID 1 arrays. Intel Matrix Storage The Intel Matrix Storage technology ...
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...the other hard disk has 60GB, the maximum storage capacity for the 80GB-drive becomes 60GB, and the total storage capacity for this RAID 0 set up your new RAID array. If you use an existing drive and a new drive to select "Yes", and then your data first before you are ...SATA drives of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will be the base storage size for performance. It is recommended to create a RAID 1 (mirroring) array for the RAID 1 set is 120GB. 2. Please backup your future data building will ask if you want to use two new drives if you set...
...the other hard disk has 60GB, the maximum storage capacity for the 80GB-drive becomes 60GB, and the total storage capacity for this RAID 0 set up your new RAID array. If you use an existing drive and a new drive to select "Yes", and then your data first before you are ...SATA drives of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will be the base storage size for performance. It is recommended to create a RAID 1 (mirroring) array for the RAID 1 set is 120GB. 2. Please backup your future data building will ask if you want to use two new drives if you set...
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... guide in the option "Configure SATAII as the boot device. WARNING! During POST at the following path: .. \ RAID Installation Guide 6 Please select CD-ROM as ", please set RAID configuration. C. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and..., please follow below steps. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. Formatting the floppy diskette will start to configure the RAID function, you want to format and copy files [YN]? E. When you see these messages, Please insert a diskette into the floppy ...
... guide in the option "Configure SATAII as the boot device. WARNING! During POST at the following path: .. \ RAID Installation Guide 6 Please select CD-ROM as ", please set RAID configuration. C. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and..., please follow below steps. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen IDE Configuration. Formatting the floppy diskette will start to configure the RAID function, you want to format and copy files [YN]? E. When you see these messages, Please insert a diskette into the floppy ...
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... Storage Manager" in the support CD, "Guide to set up system BIOS as step 2 of page 6. The following path: .. \ RAID Installation Guide and the document in Windows® environment, please install SATA / SATAII drivers from the installation CD. 4. Begin Windows® setup ... SATAII hard disk. Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette as step 1 of page 6. Windows XP64) " for Windows® XP or "Intel(R) ICH10R SATA RAID Controller (Desktop - After the installation of Intel Matrix Storage. Assemble the system and attach a single SATA / SATAII hard drive. 2. After making a SATA / ...
... Storage Manager" in the support CD, "Guide to set up system BIOS as step 2 of page 6. The following path: .. \ RAID Installation Guide and the document in Windows® environment, please install SATA / SATAII drivers from the installation CD. 4. Begin Windows® setup ... SATAII hard disk. Make a SATA / SATAII driver diskette as step 1 of page 6. Windows XP64) " for Windows® XP or "Intel(R) ICH10R SATA RAID Controller (Desktop - After the installation of Intel Matrix Storage. Assemble the system and attach a single SATA / SATAII hard drive. 2. After making a SATA / ...
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... 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 will be used to manage the RAID configuration. 7. Open the Intel Storage Utility from the Start... install according to the mode you choose and the OS you will activate the Create RAID volume from a single non-RAID configuration to a two drive RAID 0, RAID 1 configuration or three drive RAID 5 configuration. Boot Windows®, install the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager software, if not...
... 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 will be used to manage the RAID configuration. 7. Open the Intel Storage Utility from the Start... install according to the mode you choose and the OS you will activate the Create RAID volume from a single non-RAID configuration to a two drive RAID 0, RAID 1 configuration or three drive RAID 5 configuration. Boot Windows®, install the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager software, if not...
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...that, please insert Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive to load the Intel® RAID drivers. page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your system. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and... RAID Configuration", which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ RAID Installation Guide STEP 3: Install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM ...
...that, please insert Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit optical disk into the optical drive to load the Intel® RAID drivers. page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into your system. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and... RAID Configuration", which is located in the folder at the following path: .. \ RAID Installation Guide STEP 3: Install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM ...
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... change before setting your system, and press key to enter BIOS setup utility. Then, the Intel RAID Utility - 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...
... change before setting your system, and press key to enter BIOS setup utility. Then, the Intel RAID Utility - 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...
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You may select RAID0 (Stripe), RAID1 (Mirror), RAID 5, RAID 10, or Matrix Storage for your RAID volume then press . Press , and then you can select Strip Size. 12 Volume0 Use the up or down arrow keys to select 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.
You may select RAID0 (Stripe), RAID1 (Mirror), RAID 5, RAID 10, or Matrix Storage for your RAID volume then press . Press , and then you can select Strip Size. 12 Volume0 Use the up or down arrow keys to select 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.
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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 block size, press to 128 KB. The default selection is 128 KB. typical disk usage • 128 KB - Volume0 If you set disk Capacity. The strip value should be chosen based on the planned drive usage. • 8 /16 KB - performance disk usage After you selected RAID 0 (Stripe), use the up Capacity, please press . 13 low disk usage • 64 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 block size, press to 128 KB. The default selection is 128 KB. typical disk usage • 128 KB - Volume0 If you set disk Capacity. The strip value should be chosen based on the planned drive usage. • 8 /16 KB - performance disk usage After you selected RAID 0 (Stripe), use the up Capacity, please press . 13 low disk usage • 64 KB -
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Volume0 Press to complete the setup of RAID. Volume0 Press under the Create Volume item. After the completion, you will see the detailed information about the RAID that you set up. 14 The utility prompts a confirmation message as below.
Volume0 Press to complete the setup of RAID. Volume0 Press under the Create Volume item. After the completion, you will see the detailed information about the RAID that you set up. 14 The utility prompts a confirmation message as below.
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Please note that you want to create extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility 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 one RAID partition at a time under BIOS RAID environment.
Please note that you want to create extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility 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 one RAID partition at a time under BIOS RAID environment.