ASROCK H61TM-ITX Quick start guide

H61TM-ITX
ASROCK
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ASROCK
Model
H61TM-ITX
Category
Disk arrays
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Quick start guide

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RAID Conguration Guide
1. IntroductionofRAID..........................................................2
2. RAIDConguration...........................................................4
2.1 Installtheharddiskdrives........................................5
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
TM
/
Vista
TM
64-bit/XP/XP64-bitonaHDDinRAIDmode..10
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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].
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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.
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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
•
64KB-typicaldiskusage
•
128KB-performancediskusage
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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.
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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.
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3. Installing Windows
®
8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit
/ Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
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
TM
/
Vista
TM
64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit OSasusual.
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ASROCK H61TM-ITX Quick start guide

H61TM-ITX
ASROCK
Brand
ASROCK
Model
H61TM-ITX
Category
Disk arrays
Type
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