Intel Smart Response Installation Guide
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... the new version RST driver, please check our website for the latest information: http://www.asrock.com * Before you use the full SSD as the Cache device, which HDD you wish to Accelerate, if you want to a RAID mode system, then install all performance testing, chose "Maximized" mode. 7. You MUST have both... driver in system at this point! 3. Once open RST GUI from either Start Menu or by step instructions below. It is not necessary to build RAID 0 or RAID 1 in Icon tray, lower right-hand corner of the screen. 4. You can find the UI setup instruction and the step by double-clicking RST...
... the new version RST driver, please check our website for the latest information: http://www.asrock.com * Before you use the full SSD as the Cache device, which HDD you wish to Accelerate, if you want to a RAID mode system, then install all performance testing, chose "Maximized" mode. 7. You MUST have both... driver in system at this point! 3. Once open RST GUI from either Start Menu or by step instructions below. It is not necessary to build RAID 0 or RAID 1 in Icon tray, lower right-hand corner of the screen. 4. You can find the UI setup instruction and the step by double-clicking RST...
RAID Installation Guide
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... 4. Installing Windows® on a HDD under 2TB in RAID mode 18 1 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. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation...
... 4. Installing Windows® on a HDD under 2TB in RAID mode 18 1 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. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation...
RAID Installation Guide
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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 chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage. Please read the RAID configurations in this motherboard for internal storage devices. Guide to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts. You may install SATA hard disks on SATA ports. 2 1.
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 chipset supports Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks with RAID functions, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage. Please read the RAID configurations in this motherboard for internal storage devices. Guide to the Intel southbridge chipset that your motherboard adopts. You may install SATA hard disks on SATA ports. 2 1.
RAID Installation Guide
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... of Independent Disks", which is called data striping that integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Rapid Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 function with four independent Serial ATA (SATA) channels. Hot-Plug any fault tolerance. RAID The term "RAID" stands for "Redundant Array of data from one logical unit...fault tolerance to the entire system since it does not provide any HDDs of the same model and capacity when creating a RAID set. 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 ...
... of Independent Disks", which is called data striping that integrates RAID controller supporting RAID 0 / RAID 1/ Intel Rapid Storage / RAID 10 / RAID 5 function with four independent Serial ATA (SATA) channels. Hot-Plug any fault tolerance. RAID The term "RAID" stands for "Redundant Array of data from one logical unit...fault tolerance to the entire system since it does not provide any HDDs of the same model and capacity when creating a RAID set. 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 ...
RAID Installation Guide
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... Intel Rapid Storage technology supported allows you to change the hard disk drive partition size without losing any data. RAID 10 RAID 10 is required for fault-tolerance as RAID 1, and has the same overhead for this setup. 4 A minimum of four hard disk drives is a ...striped configuration with RAID 1 segments whose segments are RAID 1 arrays. This configuration has the same fault tolerance as mirroring alone. In some instances, a RAID 10 configuration can sustain multiple simultaneous drive failure. The Intel Rapid Storage technology ...
... Intel Rapid Storage technology supported allows you to change the hard disk drive partition size without losing any data. RAID 10 RAID 10 is required for fault-tolerance as RAID 1, and has the same overhead for this setup. 4 A minimum of four hard disk drives is a ...striped configuration with RAID 1 segments whose segments are RAID 1 arrays. This configuration has the same fault tolerance as mirroring alone. In some instances, a RAID 10 configuration can sustain multiple simultaneous drive failure. The Intel Rapid Storage technology ...
RAID Installation Guide
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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. The RAID 5 configuration is best suited for this setup. 5
RAID Installation Guide
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... drive). It is recommended to "Clear Disk Data" or not. city and the other hard disk has 60GB, the maximum storage capacity for the RAID 1 set is 120GB. 2. If you use two new drives if you use two SATA drives of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will...protection (the new drive must be the base storage size for performance. For example, if one hard disk has an 80GB storage capa- WARNING!! 2.2 RAID Configurations Precautions 1. You may use two new drives, or use an existing drive and a new drive to use two drives of the same size....
... drive). It is recommended to "Clear Disk Data" or not. city and the other hard disk has 60GB, the maximum storage capacity for the RAID 1 set is 120GB. 2. If you use two new drives if you use two SATA drives of different sizes, the smaller capacity hard disk will...protection (the new drive must be the base storage size for performance. For example, if one hard disk has an 80GB storage capa- WARNING!! 2.2 RAID Configurations Precautions 1. You may use two new drives, or use an existing drive and a new drive to use two drives of the same size....
RAID Installation Guide
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...-bit OS on your USB flash drive into a USB port B. 2.3 Installing Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit With RAID Functions If you use a HDD larger than 2TB; STEP 2: Set RAID configuration. STEP 3: Use ASRock Easy RAID Installer Follow this feature is not available for Intel SATA2/SATA3 ports. B. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Tool and...
...-bit OS on your USB flash drive into a USB port B. 2.3 Installing Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit With RAID Functions If you use a HDD larger than 2TB; STEP 2: Set RAID configuration. STEP 3: Use ASRock Easy RAID Installer Follow this feature is not available for Intel SATA2/SATA3 ports. B. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Tool and...
RAID Installation Guide
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...option SATA Mode Selection to enter BIOS setup utility. or Go to UEFI SETUP UTILITY Boot to [Ultra Fast]. Press key to save your RAID configuration. For Windows® 7: Go to UEFI SETUP UTILITY Boot CSM to set "Launch Storage OpROM policy" to [UEFI only]. 8 2.4 Setting... in the BIOS before setting your change 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 ...
...option SATA Mode Selection to enter BIOS setup utility. or Go to UEFI SETUP UTILITY Boot to [Ultra Fast]. Press key to save your RAID configuration. For Windows® 7: Go to UEFI SETUP UTILITY Boot CSM to set "Launch Storage OpROM policy" to [UEFI only]. 8 2.4 Setting... in the BIOS before setting your change 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 ...
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 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. STEP 5: Select your desired RAID Level and press . 10
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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 STEP 6: Select the hard drives to be included in the RAID array and press .
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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. 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
RAID Installation Guide
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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 . Then, the Intel RAID Utility - Volume0 13 Press . Create RAID Volume window appears. In the Create Volume Menu, under Name item, please key-in a unique name with 1-16 letters for your computer.
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 . Then, the Intel RAID Utility - Volume0 13 Press . Create RAID Volume window appears. In the Create Volume Menu, under Name item, please key-in a unique name with 1-16 letters for your computer.
RAID Installation Guide
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... then press . Use the up or down arrow keys to select your desired RAID Level. The available values range from 8 KB to select the stripe size for your RAID level. low disk usage •64 KB - Press , and then you set disk block size, press to set disk Capacity. 14 The strip... value should be chosen based on the planned drive usage. •8/16 KB - typical disk usage •128 KB - Volume0 Volume0 If you selected RAID 0 (Stripe), use the up or down keys to 128 KB. performance disk usage After you can select Strip Size. The default selection is 128 KB.
... then press . Use the up or down arrow keys to select your desired RAID Level. The available values range from 8 KB to select the stripe size for your RAID level. low disk usage •64 KB - Press , and then you set disk block size, press to set disk Capacity. 14 The strip... value should be chosen based on the planned drive usage. •8/16 KB - typical disk usage •128 KB - Volume0 Volume0 If you selected RAID 0 (Stripe), use the up or down keys to 128 KB. performance disk usage After you can select Strip Size. The default selection is 128 KB.
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If you want to complete the setup of RAID. After the completion, you will see the detailed information about the RAID that you install OS. Please note that you want to configure RAID functions after you are only allowed to create one RAID partition at a time under Windows environment to create an extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility under BIOS RAID environment. 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 set up.
If you want to complete the setup of RAID. After the completion, you will see the detailed information about the RAID that you install OS. Please note that you want to configure RAID functions after you are only allowed to create one RAID partition at a time under Windows environment to create an extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility under BIOS RAID environment. 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 set up.
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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 HDD...
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 HDD...
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select "Browse" to install the OS by following the instructions. 19 Start Windows® Installation. Please keep the USB flash disk installed until the system's first reboot. Plug the USB flash disk into your USB port; Continue to find the RAID driver. When you see "Where do you have copied in the first step. Then choose the directory you want to install Windows?" page, please click "Load Driver".
select "Browse" to install the OS by following the instructions. 19 Start Windows® Installation. Please keep the USB flash disk installed until the system's first reboot. Plug the USB flash disk into your USB port; Continue to find the RAID driver. When you see "Where do you have copied in the first step. Then choose the directory you want to install Windows?" page, please click "Load Driver".
Intel Rapid Storage Guide
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...performance is easily restored. Valuable digital memories are protected against data loss in a RAID 0 configuration, data can be accessed on each drive simultaneously, speeding up data protection can be accomplished easily with RAID 1 can take advantage of the chipset and Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive....advantage of enhanced performance and lower power consumption. Also, due to six drives in the event of three fault-tolerant RAID levels: RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10. When using one of a hard drive failure. By combining from two to drive load balancing, even systems with ...
...performance is easily restored. Valuable digital memories are protected against data loss in a RAID 0 configuration, data can be accessed on each drive simultaneously, speeding up data protection can be accomplished easily with RAID 1 can take advantage of the chipset and Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive....advantage of enhanced performance and lower power consumption. Also, due to six drives in the event of three fault-tolerant RAID levels: RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10. When using one of a hard drive failure. By combining from two to drive load balancing, even systems with ...