Intel Smart Response Installation Guide
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... RAID 1 in Icon tray, lower right-hand corner of the screen. 4. For the new version RST driver, please check our website for the latest information: http://www.asrock.com * Before you use RST function, you intend to accelerate AND the SSD in the near future. Complete initial system setup, ...including installing the OS to [RAID Mode]. You can find the UI setup instruction and the step ...
... RAID 1 in Icon tray, lower right-hand corner of the screen. 4. For the new version RST driver, please check our website for the latest information: http://www.asrock.com * Before you use RST function, you intend to accelerate AND the SSD in the near future. Complete initial system setup, ...including installing the OS to [RAID Mode]. You can find the UI setup instruction and the step ...
RAID Installation Guide
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... 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 6 2.3 Installing Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit With RAID Functions 7 2.4 Setting the BIOS RAID Items 8 2.5 Configuring a RAID array 8 2.5.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility....... 8 2.5.2 Configuring a RAID array Using Intel RAID BIOS....... 13 3. Installing Windows® on a HDD under 2TB in...
... 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 6 2.3 Installing Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit With RAID Functions 7 2.4 Setting the BIOS RAID Items 8 2.5 Configuring a RAID array 8 2.5.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility....... 8 2.5.2 Configuring a RAID array Using Intel RAID BIOS....... 13 3. Installing Windows® on a HDD under 2TB in...
RAID Installation Guide
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This section will guide you how to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts. 1. Please read the RAID configurations in this guide carefully according to create RAID on this motherboard for internal storage devices. You may install SATA hard disks on SATA ports. 2 Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation Intel chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage.
This section will guide you how to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts. 1. Please read the RAID configurations in this guide carefully according to create RAID on this motherboard for internal storage devices. You may install SATA hard disks on SATA ports. 2 Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation 1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation Intel chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage.
RAID Installation Guide
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... array management software will cause data damage or data loss. It provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to the entire system since it 3 RAID 0 (Data Striping) RAID 0 is a method combining two or more hard disk drives into one drive to the surviving drive as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer...
... array management software will cause data damage or data loss. It provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to the entire system since it 3 RAID 0 (Data Striping) RAID 0 is a method combining two or more hard disk drives into one drive to the surviving drive as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer...
RAID Installation Guide
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...setup. 4 A minimum of four hard disk drives is a striped configuration with RAID 1 segments whose segments are RAID 1 arrays. 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. The Intel Rapid Storage technology ...to change the hard disk drive partition size without losing any data. This technology also allows you to create a RAID 0 and RAID 1 set using only two identical hard disk drives. Intel Rapid Storage The Intel Rapid Storage technology supported allows you to ...
...setup. 4 A minimum of four hard disk drives is a striped configuration with RAID 1 segments whose segments are RAID 1 arrays. 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. The Intel Rapid Storage technology ...to change the hard disk drive partition size without losing any data. This technology also allows you to create a RAID 0 and RAID 1 set using only two identical hard disk drives. Intel Rapid Storage The Intel Rapid Storage technology supported allows you to ...
RAID Installation Guide
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The RAID 5 configuration is best suited for this setup. 5 RAID 5 RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives. Among the advantages of three identical hard disk drives for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other business systems. Use a minimum of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity.
The RAID 5 configuration is best suited for this setup. 5 RAID 5 RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives. Among the advantages of three identical hard disk drives for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other business systems. Use a minimum of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity.
RAID Installation Guide
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... future data building will be the base storage size for data protection (the new drive must be the base storage size. Please backup your new RAID array. If you set up your data first before you use an existing drive and a new drive to "Clear Disk Data" or not. ...60GB. 3. Please use two new drives if you use two SATA drives of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will ask if you create RAID, the system will be of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will operate under a clean environment. 6 city and the other hard disk has...
... future data building will be the base storage size for data protection (the new drive must be the base storage size. Please backup your new RAID array. If you set up your data first before you use an existing drive and a new drive to "Clear Disk Data" or not. ...60GB. 3. Please use two new drives if you use two SATA drives of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will ask if you create RAID, the system will be of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will operate under a clean environment. 6 city and the other hard disk has...
RAID Installation Guide
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...64-bit OS on your SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs with just one simple click in your USB storage device with RAID functions, please follow the procedures below. STEP 3: Use ASRock Easy RAID Installer Follow this step only if you want to p.8 -16 of this feature is not available for instructions on how... to your USB flash drive into a USB port B. Please note that this document for all models A. A. otherwise, skip to [RAID] for Intel SATA2...
...64-bit OS on your SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs with just one simple click in your USB storage device with RAID functions, please follow the procedures below. STEP 3: Use ASRock Easy RAID Installer Follow this step only if you want to p.8 -16 of this feature is not available for instructions on how... to your USB flash drive into a USB port B. Please note that this document for all models A. A. otherwise, skip to [RAID] for Intel SATA2...
RAID Installation Guide
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... After installing the hard disk drives, please set the necessary RAID items in the BIOS before you exit BIOS setup. 2.5 Configuring a RAID array You can configure a RAID array using either UEFI Setup Utility or Intel® RAID BIOS setup utility. 2.5.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility STEP 1: For Windows® ...8: Go to UEFI SETUP UTILITY Boot to set "Fast Boot" to [Ultra Fast]. Boot your RAID configuration. Press key to save your change before setting your system, and press key to disable "CSM". or Go to UEFI SETUP UTILITY ...
... After installing the hard disk drives, please set the necessary RAID items in the BIOS before you exit BIOS setup. 2.5 Configuring a RAID array You can configure a RAID array using either UEFI Setup Utility or Intel® RAID BIOS setup utility. 2.5.1 Configuring a RAID array Using UEFI Setup Utility STEP 1: For Windows® ...8: Go to UEFI SETUP UTILITY Boot to set "Fast Boot" to [Ultra Fast]. Boot your RAID configuration. Press key to save your change before setting your system, and press key to disable "CSM". or Go to UEFI SETUP UTILITY ...
RAID Installation Guide
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STEP 3: Select the option Create RAID Volume and press . 9 STEP 2: Enter Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology in Advanced page.
STEP 3: Select the option Create RAID Volume and press . 9 STEP 2: Enter Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology in Advanced page.
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STEP 5: Select your desired RAID Level and press . 10 STEP 4: Key-in a a volume name and press , or simply press to accept the default name.
STEP 5: Select your desired RAID Level and press . 10 STEP 4: Key-in a a volume name and press , or simply press to accept the default name.
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STEP 6: Select the hard drives to be included in the RAID array and press . STEP 7: Select a stripe size for the RAID array and press . 11
STEP 6: Select the hard drives to be included in the RAID array and press . STEP 7: Select a stripe size for the RAID array and press . 11
RAID Installation Guide
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STEP 8: Select Create Volume and press to delete a RAID volume, select the option Delete on the RAID volume info page and press . 12 If you want to start creating the RAID array.
STEP 8: Select Create Volume and press to delete a RAID volume, select the option Delete on the RAID volume info page and press . 12 If you want to start creating the RAID array.
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In the Create Volume Menu, under Name item, please key-in a unique name with 1-16 letters for your computer. Volume0 13 Then, the Intel RAID Utility - Press . Create RAID Volume window appears. Wait until you see the RAID software prompting you to press . 2.5.2 Configuring a RAID array Using Intel RAID BIOS Reboot your RAID volume then press .
In the Create Volume Menu, under Name item, please key-in a unique name with 1-16 letters for your computer. Volume0 13 Then, the Intel RAID Utility - Press . Create RAID Volume window appears. Wait until you see the RAID software prompting you to press . 2.5.2 Configuring a RAID array Using Intel RAID BIOS Reboot your RAID volume then press .
RAID Installation Guide
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Use the up or down arrow keys to set disk block size, press to select your desired RAID Level. The strip value should be chosen based on the planned drive usage. •8/16 KB - low disk usage •64 KB - typical disk usage &#...8226;128 KB - performance disk usage After you set disk Capacity. 14 You may select RAID 0 (Stripe), RAID 1 (Mirror), RAID 5 or RAID 10 for your RAID level. The default selection is 128 KB. The available values range from 8 KB to select the stripe size for your...
Use the up or down arrow keys to set disk block size, press to select your desired RAID Level. The strip value should be chosen based on the planned drive usage. •8/16 KB - low disk usage •64 KB - typical disk usage &#...8226;128 KB - performance disk usage After you set disk Capacity. 14 You may select RAID 0 (Stripe), RAID 1 (Mirror), RAID 5 or RAID 10 for your RAID level. The default selection is 128 KB. The available values range from 8 KB to select the stripe size for your...
RAID Installation Guide
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If you want to create an extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility under BIOS RAID environment. After the completion, you will see the detailed information about the RAID that you set up. Please note that you are only allowed to create one RAID partition at a time under Windows environment to configure RAID functions after you want to complete the setup of RAID. If you install OS. Press to delete a RAID volume, please select the option Delete RAID Volume, press , and then follow the instructions on the screen. 16
If you want to create an extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility under BIOS RAID environment. After the completion, you will see the detailed information about the RAID that you set up. Please note that you are only allowed to create one RAID partition at a time under Windows environment to configure RAID functions after you want to complete the setup of RAID. If you install OS. Press to delete a RAID volume, please select the option Delete RAID Volume, press , and then follow the instructions on the screen. 16
RAID Installation Guide
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Installing Windows® on a HDD under 2TB in RAID mode After the UEFI and RAID BIOS setup you may start installing Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS as usual. 17 3.
Installing Windows® on a HDD under 2TB in RAID mode After the UEFI and RAID BIOS setup you may start installing Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS as usual. 17 3.
RAID Installation Guide
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STEP 1: Copy Intel® RAID drivers into a USB flash disk You can download the drivers from ASRock's website and unzip the files into a USB flash disk or copy the files from ASRock's motherboard support CD. (Please copy the files under the following directory: 32 bit: ..\i386\Win7_Intel.. 64-bit...: ..\AMD64\Win7-64_Intel.. Installing Windows® on a HDD larger than 2TB in RAID mode Windows® 7 / 8 does not support ...
STEP 1: Copy Intel® RAID drivers into a USB flash disk You can download the drivers from ASRock's website and unzip the files into a USB flash disk or copy the files from ASRock's motherboard support CD. (Please copy the files under the following directory: 32 bit: ..\i386\Win7_Intel.. 64-bit...: ..\AMD64\Win7-64_Intel.. Installing Windows® on a HDD larger than 2TB in RAID mode Windows® 7 / 8 does not support ...
RAID Installation Guide
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Start Windows® Installation. page, please click "Load Driver". Then choose the directory you want to install the OS by following the instructions. 19 When you see "Where do you have copied in the first step. Plug the USB flash disk into your USB port; Please keep the USB flash disk installed until the system's first reboot. Continue to install Windows?" select "Browse" to find the RAID driver.
Start Windows® Installation. page, please click "Load Driver". Then choose the directory you want to install the OS by following the instructions. 19 When you see "Where do you have copied in the first step. Plug the USB flash disk into your USB port; Please keep the USB flash disk installed until the system's first reboot. Continue to install Windows?" select "Browse" to find the RAID driver.
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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...the event of a hard drive failure. Through AHCI, storage performance is easily restored. Valuable digital memories are protected against data loss in a RAID 0 configuration, data can be accessed on one or more than one drive, the user can take advantage of a single drive as editing ...home video. By seamlessly storing copies of data on each drive simultaneously, speeding up data protection can be accomplished easily with RAID 1 can reduce the power consumption of the chipset and Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive. 1 Also, due to drive load balancing, ...
...the event of a hard drive failure. Through AHCI, storage performance is easily restored. Valuable digital memories are protected against data loss in a RAID 0 configuration, data can be accessed on one or more than one drive, the user can take advantage of a single drive as editing ...home video. By seamlessly storing copies of data on each drive simultaneously, speeding up data protection can be accomplished easily with RAID 1 can reduce the power consumption of the chipset and Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive. 1 Also, due to drive load balancing, ...
