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Appendix
Create a RAID Array:
In the main screen, press <Enter> on the Create RAID Disk Drive item. Then the Create New RAID screen
appears (Figure 4).
The Create New RAID block displays all the items that need to be set for creating an array (Figure 5).
Steps:
1. Enter Array Name: Under the Name item, enter an array name with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be special
characters) and press <Enter>.
2. Select RAID Mode: Under the Level item, use up or down arrow key to select RAID 0 (Stripe), RAID 1
(Mirror) or JBOD (Figure 5). Then press <Enter> to move onto the next step.
Figure 4
Figure 5
[ RAID Disk Drive List ]
[ Create New RAID ]
[ Hard Disk Drive List ]
GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOSv1.06.59
Name:
GRAID_
Level: 0-Stripe
Disks: Select Disk
Block: 128 KB
Size:
240 GB
Confirm Creation
Model Name
Available
Type/Status
HDD0: ST3120026AS
120 GB
Non-RAID
HDD1: ST3120026AS
120 GB
Non-RAID
[ Help ]
[fg]-Move Cursor
[DEL,BS]-Delete Character
[ENTER]-Next
[ESC]-Abort
Enter RAID Name
Enter a string between 1 to 16 characters
in length for the created RAID drive to be
identified by system BIOS or OS.
[ RAID Disk Drive List ]
[ Create New RAID ]
[ Hard Disk Drive List ]
GIGABYTE Technology Corp. PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller BIOSv1.06.59
Name:
GRAID
Level:
0-Stripe
Disks: Select Disk
Block: 128 KB
Size:
240 GB
Confirm Creation
Model Name
Available
Type/Status
HDD0: ST3120026AS
120 GB
Non-RAID
HDD1: ST3120026AS
120 GB
Non-RAID
[ Help ]
[hi]-Switch RAID Level
[ENTER]-Next
[ESC]-Abort
Select RAID Level
RAID 0
-
Data striped for performance
RAID 1
-
Data mirrored for redundancy
JBOD
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Data concatenated for huge
temporarily disk required
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