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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 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. Guide to Intel Matrix Storage Manager 1.
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 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. Guide to Intel Matrix Storage Manager 1.
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2. Create RAID Volume Select Action Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard pops up. Please click Next to create a RAID volume. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Console Then, Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive to continue. 2
2. Create RAID Volume Select Action Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard pops up. Please click Next to create a RAID volume. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Console Then, Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive to continue. 2
RAID Utility for Windows Guide
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... most desktops and workstations Then 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 have to select the source disk. Please click the " " arrow to move the source disk that...
... most desktops and workstations Then 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 have to select the source disk. Please click the " " arrow to move the source disk that...
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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 Then click Next to specify. Specify the Volume Size. Specify the amount of the available space for the optimized usage.
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 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 Start Creating RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard. Then, the migration process starts, which may take up to two hours to complete depending on the selected hard drive will be undone. Please note that you click Finish, the existing data on the size of the disks being used and the strip size selected. It is critical that as long as you backup all important data before this operation cannot be deleted and this step.
Intel(R) Matrix Storage Console and select Show Migration Progress. 6 Start Creating RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard. Then, the migration process starts, which may take up to two hours to complete depending on the selected hard drive will be undone. Please note that you click Finish, the existing data on the size of the disks being used and the strip size selected. It is critical that as long as you backup all important data before this operation cannot be deleted and this step.
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... data can be the only volume on a system. 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 the recovery drive when the system is re-docked. Note: The recovery volume can be...
... data can be the only volume on a system. 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 the recovery drive when the system is re-docked. Note: The recovery volume can be...
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 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
RAID Installation Guide
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...Disks Installation of "User Manual" in this motherboard for internal storage devices. 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 ...chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, and Intel Matrix Storage. Please read the RAID configurations in the support CD. 1. Guide to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts....
...Disks Installation of "User Manual" in this motherboard for internal storage devices. 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 ...chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5, and Intel Matrix Storage. Please read the RAID configurations in the support CD. 1. Guide to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts....
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...disk drives to the surviving drive as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate. Hot-Plug any fault tolerance. RAID 0 (Data Striping) RAID 0 is a method combining two or more hard disk drives into one drive fails. 3 WARNING!! It will improve data ...work as it will double the data transfer rate of the RAID 0 Disk will introduce the basic knowledge of RAID This motherboard adopts Intel southbridge chipset that integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Matrix Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 function with four independent Serial ATA (SATA) channels. It...
...disk drives to the surviving drive as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate. Hot-Plug any fault tolerance. RAID 0 (Data Striping) RAID 0 is a method combining two or more hard disk drives into one drive fails. 3 WARNING!! It will improve data ...work as it will double the data transfer rate of the RAID 0 Disk will introduce the basic knowledge of RAID This motherboard adopts Intel southbridge chipset that integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Matrix Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 function with four independent Serial ATA (SATA) channels. It...
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.... 4 The Intel Matrix Storage technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive to create a RAID 0 and RAID 1 set using only two identical hard disk drives. RAID 10 RAID 10 is best suited for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other business .... Use a minimum of three identical hard disk drives for this setup. RAID 5 RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives. In some instances, a RAID 10 configuration can sustain multiple simultaneous drive failure. Intel Matrix Storage The Intel...
.... 4 The Intel Matrix Storage technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive to create a RAID 0 and RAID 1 set using only two identical hard disk drives. RAID 10 RAID 10 is best suited for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other business .... Use a minimum of three identical hard disk drives for this setup. RAID 5 RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives. In some instances, a RAID 10 configuration can sustain multiple simultaneous drive failure. Intel Matrix Storage The Intel...
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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 each drive. 2.2 RAID Configurations Precautions 1. If you use two drives of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will be the base storage size. If you set...2. WARNING!! For example, if one hard disk has an 80GB storage capacity and the other hard disk has 60GB, the maximum storage capacity for the RAID 1 set is recommended to use an existing drive and a new drive to "Clear Disk Data" or not. You may use two new drives, ...
...the other hard disk has 60GB, the maximum storage capacity for the 80GB-drive becomes 60GB, and the total storage capacity for each drive. 2.2 RAID Configurations Precautions 1. If you use two drives of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will be the base storage size. If you set...2. WARNING!! For example, if one hard disk has an 80GB storage capacity and the other hard disk has 60GB, the maximum storage capacity for the RAID 1 set is recommended to use an existing drive and a new drive to "Clear Disk Data" or not. You may use two new drives, ...
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...diskette [YN]?", press . E. A. Formatting the floppy diskette will see the message on your system. The system will start to configure the RAID function, you will lose ALL data in the Support CD for boot devices selection appears. Please select CD-ROM as ", please set the option...up BIOS. B. STEP 1: Set up , press key, and then a window for proper configuration. Before you start to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", which is located in the Support CD, "Guide to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII drivers into the floppy drive. B....
...diskette [YN]?", press . E. A. Formatting the floppy diskette will see the message on your system. The system will start to configure the RAID function, you will lose ALL data in the Support CD for boot devices selection appears. Please select CD-ROM as ", please set the option...up BIOS. B. STEP 1: Set up , press key, and then a window for proper configuration. Before you start to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", which is located in the Support CD, "Guide to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA / SATAII drivers into the floppy drive. B....
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...SATA / SATAII hard drive. 2. When done, exit Setup. 3. At the beginning of Windows setup, press F6 to install a third-party RAID driver. The following steps outline how to the mode you choose and the OS you install. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver ... Windows® XP-64bit OS, if you want to use both "RAID Installation Guide" and "Intel Matrix Storage Manager Information" for RAID configuration. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be seamlessly upgraded to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 at the following path: .. \ Intel Matrix Storage Manager Information ...
...SATA / SATAII hard drive. 2. When done, exit Setup. 3. At the beginning of Windows setup, press F6 to install a third-party RAID driver. The following steps outline how to the mode you choose and the OS you install. When prompted, insert the SATA / SATAII driver ... Windows® XP-64bit OS, if you want to use both "RAID Installation Guide" and "Intel Matrix Storage Manager Information" for RAID configuration. After reading the floppy disk, the driver will be seamlessly upgraded to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 at the following path: .. \ Intel Matrix Storage Manager Information ...
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...; Once the migration is complete, reboot the system. 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 or greater than that currently being used as the above steps, you can be lost. 4. This will need...XP 64-bit. 5. Install the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager software via the CD-ROM included with a capacity equal to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 If you have an existing "RAID Ready" system, then you will install the necessary Intel Storage Utility and start menu links. 3. Open the Intel Storage...
...; Once the migration is complete, reboot the system. 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 or greater than that currently being used as the above steps, you can be lost. 4. This will need...XP 64-bit. 5. Install the Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager software via the CD-ROM included with a capacity equal to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 5 If you have an existing "RAID Ready" system, then you will install the necessary Intel Storage Utility and start menu links. 3. Open the Intel Storage...
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... If you want to install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit on the bottom to load the Intel® RAID drivers. B. page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into the optical drive again to continue the installation. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide... to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", which is located in our Support CD: .. \ I386 (For Windows® VistaTM OS) .. \ AMD64 ...
... If you want to install Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit on the bottom to load the Intel® RAID drivers. B. page, please insert the ASRock Support CD into the optical drive again to continue the installation. Please refer to the document in the Support CD, "Guide... to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration", which is located in our Support CD: .. \ I386 (For Windows® VistaTM OS) .. \ AMD64 ...
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... system, and press key to enter BIOS setup utility. Boot your computer. Select the option Create RAID Volume and press . 11 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...
... system, and press key to enter BIOS setup utility. Boot your computer. Select the option Create RAID Volume and press . 11 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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Volume0 In the Create Volume Menu, under Name item, please key-in a unique name with 1-16 letters for 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 RAID level. 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 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 RAID level. Volume0 Use the up or down arrow keys to select your desired 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. The strip value should be chosen based on the planned drive usage. • 8 /16 KB - low disk usage • 64 KB - typical disk usage • 128 KB - performance disk usage After you selected RAID 0 (Stripe), use the up Capacity, please press . 13 Volume0 If you set disk Capacity.
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. The strip value should be chosen based on the planned drive usage. • 8 /16 KB - low disk usage • 64 KB - typical disk usage • 128 KB - performance disk usage After you selected RAID 0 (Stripe), use the up Capacity, please press . 13 Volume0 If you set disk Capacity.
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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. After the completion, you will see the detailed information about the RAID that you set up. 14
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Please note that you are only allowed 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 want to create extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility under BIOS RAID environment. If you want 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 are only allowed 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 want to create extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility under BIOS RAID environment. If you want to delete a RAID volume, please select the option Delete RAID Volume, press , and then follow the instructions on the screen. 15