ASROCK H61TM-ITX Quick start guide

RAID Conguration Guide

1. IntroductionofRAID..........................................................2

2. RAIDConguration...........................................................4

 2.1 Installtheharddiskdrives........................................5

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 2.2 SetupUEFI..............................................................5

 2.3 CongureIntelRAIDBIOS.......................................6

3. InstallingWindows

8/864-bit/7/764-bit/Vista

/

 Vista

64-bit/XP/XP64-bitonaHDDinRAIDmode..10

1. IntroductionofRAID

Thismotherboardadoptsa chipsetthatsupportsRAID.

Theterm“RAID”standsfor“RedundantArrayofInde-

pendentDisks”,whichisamethodofcombiningtwoor

moreharddiskdrivesintoonelogicalunit.Foroptimal

performance,pleaseinstallidenticaldrivesofthesame

modelandcapacitywhencreatingaRAIDset.Thefol-

lowingarecommonexamplesofRAID.Pleasereferto

theusermanualforthetypesofRAIDyourmotherboard

supports,andnoticethatotherrequirementssuchasa

RAIDsupportingdiskdriveandoperatingsystemare

alsocrucialforcreatingaRAIDvolume.

RAID 0 (Data Striping)

RAID0iscalleddatastripingthatoptimizes

twoidenticalharddiskdrivestoreadand

writedatainparallel,interleavedstacks.

Itwillimprovedataaccessandstorage

sinceitwilldoublethedatatransferrateof

asinglediskalonewhilethetwoharddisks

performthesameworkasasingledrive,

butatasustaineddatatransferrateandit

hasnofaulttolerance.

RAID 1 (Data Mirroring)

RAID1iscalleddatamirroringthatcopies

andmaintainsanidenticalimageofdata

fromonedrivetoaseconddrive.Itpro-

videsdataprotectionandincreasesfault

tolerancetotheentiresystemsincethe

diskarraymanagementsoftwarewilldirect

allapplicationstothesurvivingdriveasit

containsacompletecopyofthedatainthe

otherdriveifonedrivefails.

RAID 10

RAID10isastripedcongurationwithRAID1seg-

mentswhosesegmentsareRAID1arrays.Thiscon-

gurationhasthesamefaulttoleranceasRAID1,and

hasthesameoverheadforfault-toleranceasmirroring

alone.RAID10achieveshighinput/outputratesby

stripingRAID1segments.Insomeinstances,aRAID

10congurationcansustainmultiplesimultaneousdrive

failure.Aminimumoffourharddiskdrivesisrequired

forthissetup.

RAID 5

RAID5stripesbothdataandparityinformationacross

threeormoreharddiskdrives.Amongtheadvantages

ofRAID5congurationincludebetterHDDperfor-

mance,faulttolerance,andhigherstoragecapacity.

TheRAID5congurationisbestsuitedfortransaction

processing,relationaldatabaseapplications,enterprise

resourceplanning,andotherbusinesssystems.Use

aminimumofthreeidenticalharddiskdrivesforthis

setup.

2. RAIDConguration

RAID Conguration Precautions

1. Pleaseusetwonewdrivesifyouarecreating

aRAID0(striping)arrayforperformance.Itis

recommendedtousetwoSATAdrivesofthe

samesize.Ifyouusetwodrivesofdifferent

sizes,thesmallercapacityharddiskwillbethe

basestoragesizeforeachdrive.Forexample,

ifoneharddiskhasan80GBstoragecapa-

cityand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is120GB.

2. Youmayusetwonewdrives,oruseanexi-

stingdriveandanewdrivetocreateaRAID1

(mirroring)arrayfordataprotection(thenew

drivemustbeofthesamesizeorlargerthan

theexistingdrive).Ifyouusetwodrivesofdiffe-

rentsizes,thesmallercapacityharddiskwill

bethebasestoragesize.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60GB.

3. Pleaseverifythestatusofyourharddisksbe-

foreyousetupyournewRAIDarray.

4. Pleasebackupyourdatarstbeforeyoucre-Pleasebackupyourdatarstbeforeyoucre-

ateRAIDfunctions.Intheprocessyoucreate

RAID,thesystemwillaskifyouwantto“Clear

DiskData”ornot.Itisrecommendedtoselect

“Yes”,andthenyourfuturedatabuildingwill

operateunderacleanenvironment.

2.1 Install the hard disk drives

Connecttwoormorenewharddiskdrivesofthesame

modelandcapacitytoyoursystem.

 BeforecreatingaRAIDarray,pleasechecktheusermanualfor

informationof:

 1.WhatlevelsofRAIDdoesyourmotherboardsupport

 2.WhichSATAportssupportRAID

 3.Otherrelatedrequirements

2.2 Set up UEFI

EnterUEFISETUPUTILITYAdvancedscreen

 StorageConguration.Set“SATAModeSelection”to

[RAID].

2.3 Congure Intel RAID BIOS

Rebootyourcomputer.Press<Ctrl+I>toentertheRAID

BIOSwhenyouseetheRAIDsoftwarestatusscreen.

 Select the option Create RAID Volume and press

<Enter>.

 In the Create Volume Menu, please insert aunique

nameforyourRAIDvolume.

 SelectyourdesiredRAIDLevel.

 If you selected RAID 0 (Stripe), you are required

to select the stripe size for your RAID 0 array. The

availablevaluesrangefrom8KBto128KB.Thedefault

selection is 128KB.The strip value should be chosen

basedontheplanneddriveusage.

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8/16KB-lowdiskusage

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64KB-typicaldiskusage

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128KB-performancediskusage

 Aftersettingstripsize,setthediskCapacity.

 Press <Enter> and then Press <Y> to continue when

theutilitypromptsaconrmationmessage.

 After the configuration, you will see the detailed

informationabouttheRAIDarraythatyousetup.

 Please note that you are only allowed to create one RAID

partition at a time under BIOS RAID. If you want to create

an extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility under

WindowstocongureRAIDafteryouinstalltheOS.

 IfyouwanttodeleteaRAIDvolume,pleaseselectthe

option Delete RAID Volume, press <Enter>, and then

followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

3. Installing Windows

8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit

/ Vista

64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit on a

HDD in RAID mode

 After the UEFI and RAID BIOS setup you may start

installingWindows

8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

Vista

64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit OSasusual.

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