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P8B-M specifications summary Processor Support / System Bus Core Logic Form Factor ASUS Features Fan Speed Control Rack Ready (Rack and Pedestal dual use) ASWM Enterprise Memory Total Slots Capacity Memory Type Expansion Total PCI...x PCI 32bit/33 MHz 1 x PCI-E x8 (Gen2 x4 link) 1 x PCI-E x16 (Gen 2 x16 link) 1 x PCI-E x8 (Gen2 x4 link) Intel® C204: - 2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports - 4 x SATA 3Gb/s ports - Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (RST) supports software RAID 0, 1, 10 & 5 (Windows) Networking Graphic Onboard I/O Connectors LAN VGA TPM Header PSU Connector USB Connectors...
P8B-M specifications summary Processor Support / System Bus Core Logic Form Factor ASUS Features Fan Speed Control Rack Ready (Rack and Pedestal dual use) ASWM Enterprise Memory Total Slots Capacity Memory Type Expansion Total PCI...x PCI 32bit/33 MHz 1 x PCI-E x8 (Gen2 x4 link) 1 x PCI-E x16 (Gen 2 x16 link) 1 x PCI-E x8 (Gen2 x4 link) Intel® C204: - 2 x SATA 6Gb/s ports - 4 x SATA 3Gb/s ports - Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (RST) supports software RAID 0, 1, 10 & 5 (Windows) Networking Graphic Onboard I/O Connectors LAN VGA TPM Header PSU Connector USB Connectors...
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... needs. Serial ATA allows thinner, more flexible cables with dual Gigabit LAN controllers and ports which makes it an ideal memory solution. ASUS P8B-M 1-5 Additionally, get enhanced scalability, faster data retrieval, double the bandwidth of current bus systems. USB 2.0 technology The motherboard implements ... Serial ATA II technology The motherboard supports the Serial ATA II 3 Gb/s technology through the Serial ATA interface and Intel® C204 chipset, delivering up to just 1.5V for twice the current speed and bandwidth. Serial ATA III technology The motherboard ...
... needs. Serial ATA allows thinner, more flexible cables with dual Gigabit LAN controllers and ports which makes it an ideal memory solution. ASUS P8B-M 1-5 Additionally, get enhanced scalability, faster data retrieval, double the bandwidth of current bus systems. USB 2.0 technology The motherboard implements ... Serial ATA II technology The motherboard supports the Serial ATA II 3 Gb/s technology through the Serial ATA interface and Intel® C204 chipset, delivering up to just 1.5V for twice the current speed and bandwidth. Serial ATA III technology The motherboard ...
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Serial ATA connectors (SATA 6Gb/s: 7-pin SATA1, SATA2 [Blue]) (SATA 3Gb/s: 7-pin SATA3, SATA4, SATA5, SATA6 [Black]) Supported by the Intel® C204 chipset, these connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives that allows up to 6Gb/s of Serial ATA hard disks installed. 2-28 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2.7.2 Internal connectors 1. The actual data transfer rate depends on the speed of data transfer rate. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, or RAID 5 configuration.
Serial ATA connectors (SATA 6Gb/s: 7-pin SATA1, SATA2 [Blue]) (SATA 3Gb/s: 7-pin SATA3, SATA4, SATA5, SATA6 [Black]) Supported by the Intel® C204 chipset, these connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives that allows up to 6Gb/s of Serial ATA hard disks installed. 2-28 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2.7.2 Internal connectors 1. The actual data transfer rate depends on the speed of data transfer rate. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, or RAID 5 configuration.
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... • If you get all applications to be of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. ASUS P8B-M 5-3 Use of two new identical hard disk drives is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having to the ... or more hard disk drives. The new drive must be calculated and written. 5.1 Setting up RAID The motherboard comes with the Intel® C204 controller that of three identical hard disk drives for this setup. The RAID 5 configuration is best suited for transaction processing, relational ...
... • If you get all applications to be of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. ASUS P8B-M 5-3 Use of two new identical hard disk drives is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having to the ... or more hard disk drives. The new drive must be calculated and written. 5.1 Setting up RAID The motherboard comes with the Intel® C204 controller that of three identical hard disk drives for this setup. The RAID 5 configuration is best suited for transaction processing, relational ...
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... RAID item in the BIOS Setup before you can create a RAID set from SATA hard disk drives attached to the SATA connectors supported by the Intel® C204 chipset. Refer to the succeeding section for RAID configuration: 1. Set SATA Mode to the Advanced Menu > SATA Configuration, then press . 3. Refer to ...; Rapid Storage Technology if you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives on the Serial ATA connectors supported by Intel® C204 chipset. Go to [RAID Mode] 4. To do this: 1. To install the SATA hard disks for details on how to use the RAID configuration utility. 5-4...
... RAID item in the BIOS Setup before you can create a RAID set from SATA hard disk drives attached to the SATA connectors supported by the Intel® C204 chipset. Refer to the succeeding section for RAID configuration: 1. Set SATA Mode to the Advanced Menu > SATA Configuration, then press . 3. Refer to ...; Rapid Storage Technology if you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives on the Serial ATA connectors supported by Intel® C204 chipset. Go to [RAID Mode] 4. To do this: 1. To install the SATA hard disks for details on how to use the RAID configuration utility. 5-4...