ASROCK C216 WS Quick start guide

Guide to SATA Hard Disks

Installation and RAID Conguration

1. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation ..............................2

1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation ................2

2. GuidetoRAIDCongurations ...........................................3

2.1 Introduction of RAID .................................................3

 2.2 RAIDCongurationPrecautions ..............................5

 2.3 InstallingWindows

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

RAIDFunctions ........................................................6

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 2.4 SettingtheBIOSRAIDItems ...................................7

 2.5 ConguringtheIntelRAIDBIOS ..............................7

 2.6 DeletingRAIDVolumes ..........................................11

1. Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation

1.1 Serial ATA (SATA) Hard Disks Installation

IntelC216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congurations

inthisguidecarefullyaccordingtotheIntelsouthbridgechipset

thatyourmotherboardadopts.YoumayinstallSATAharddisks

onthismotherboardforinternalstoragedevices.ForSATA

installationguide,pleaserefertoSerialATA(SATA)HardDisks

Installationof“UserManual”inthesupportCD.Thissection

willguideyouhowtocreateRAIDonSATAports.

2. GuidetoRAIDCongurations

2.1 Introduction of RAID

ThismotherboardadoptsIntelsouthbridgechipsetthatinte-

gratesRAIDcontrollersupportingRAID0/RAID1/IntelRapid

Storage/RAID10/RAID5functionwithfourindependentSe-

rialATA(SATA)channels.Thissectionwillintroducethebasic

knowledgeofRAID,andtheguidetocongureRAID0/RAID

1/IntelRapidStorage/RAID10/RAID5settings.

RAID

Theterm“RAID”standsfor“RedundantArrayofIndependent

Disks”,whichisamethod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.

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.

WARNING!!

AlthoughRAID0functioncanimprovetheaccessperformance,

it does not provide any fault tolerance. Hot-Plug any HDDs of

theRAID0Diskwillcausedatadamageordataloss.

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.

Intel Rapid Storage

TheIntelRapidStoragetechnologysupportedallowsyouto

createaRAID0andRAID1setusingonlytwoidenticalhard

diskdrives.TheIntelRapidStoragetechnologycreatestwo

partitionsoneachharddiskdrivetocreateavirtualRAID0

andRAID1sets.Thistechnologyalsoallowsyoutochange

theharddiskdrivepartitionsizewithoutlosinganydata.

RAID 10

RAID10isastripedcongurationwithRAID1segments

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simul-

taneous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performance,faulttolerance,and

higherstoragecapacity.TheRAID5congurationisbestsui-

ted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.

2.2 RAID Congurations 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existing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different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beforeyou

setupyournewRAIDarray.

WARNING!!

  Pleasebackupyourdatarstbeforeyoucreate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.

2.3 Installing Windows

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

With RAID Functions

IfyouwanttoinstallWindows

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

OSonyourSATA/SATA2/SATA3HDDswithRAID

functions,pleasefollowtheproceduresbelow.

STEP 1: Set up UEFI.

A.EnterUEFISETUPUTILITYAdvancedscreen

 StorageConguration.

 B.Set“SATAModeSelection”to[RAID]forSATA2_2to

 SATA2_5andSATA3_0andSATA3_1ports.

STEP 2: Use “RAID Installation Guide” to set RAID

conguration.

Before youstart toconfigure theRAID function,you need

tocheck the installation guide inthe Support CD forproper

configuration.PleaserefertothedocumentintheSupport

CD, “Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID

Conguration”, which is located in the folder at the following

path:

.. \ RAID Installation Guide

STEP 3: Install Windows

8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit on your

system.

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2.4 Setting the BIOS RAID Items

After installing the hard disk drives, please set the necessary

RAIDitemsintheBIOSbeforesettingyourRAIDconguration.

Bootyoursystem,andpress<F2> key to enter BIOS setup

utility. Highlight Advanced and press <Enter>, then the main

interfaceofBIOSsetuputilitywillappear.Pleasesettheoption

Congure SATA as to [RAID]. Save your change before you

exitBIOSsetup.

2.5 Conguring the Intel RAID BIOS

Reboot your computer. Wait until you see the RAID software

promptingyoutopress<Ctrl+I>.

 Press<Ctrl+I>.Then,the IntelRAIDUtility-Create RAID

Volumewindowappears.

 SelecttheoptionCreate RAID Volumeandpress<Enter>.

IntheCreateVolumeMenu,underNameitem,pleasekey-ina

uniquenamewith1-16lettersforyourRAIDvolumethenpress

<Enter>.

 Use the up or down arrow keys to select your desired RAID

Level.YoumayselectRAID0(Stripe),RAID1(Mirror),RAID

5orRAID10foryourRAIDlevel.Press<Enter>,andthenyou

can select Strip Size.

If you selected RAID 0 (Stripe), use the up or down keys to

selectthestripesizeforyourRAID0arraythenpress<Enter>.

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yousetdiskblocksize,press<Enter>tosetdisk

Capacity.

 AftersettingupCapacity,pleasepress<Enter>.

 Press<Enter>undertheCreate Volume item.Theutility

promptsaconrmationmessageasbelow.

 Press<Y>tocompletethesetupofRAID.

 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BIOSRAIDenvironment.Ifyouwant

to create an extra RAID partition, please use the RAID utility

underWindowsenvironmenttocongureRAIDfunctionsafter

youinstallOS.

2.6 Deleting RAID Volumes

 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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