Gigabyte GA-970-Gaming - Chapter 3 Appendix; RAID Configuration Guide

& Boot Override
 Allowsyoutoselectadevicetobootimmediately.Press<Enter>onthedeviceyouselectandselectYes
toconrm.Yoursystemwillrestartautomaticallyandbootfromthatdevice.
& SaveProles
 ThisfunctionallowsyoutosavethecurrentBIOSsettingstoaprole.Youcancreateupto8prolesand
saveasSetupProle1~SetupProle8.Press<Enter>tocomplete.OryoucanselectSelect File in
HDD/FDD/USBtosavetheproletoyourstoragedevice.
& LoadProles
If your system becomes unstable and you have loaded the BIOS default settings, you can use this function
toloadtheBIOSsettings fromaprolecreated before,withoutthehassles ofreconguringtheBIOS
settings.Firstselecttheproleyouwishtoloadandthenpress<Enter>tocomplete.YoucanselectSelect
File in HDD/FDD/USBtoinputtheprolepreviouslycreatedfromyourstoragedeviceorloadtheprole
automatically created by the BIOS, such as reverting the BIOS settings to the last settings that worked
properly(lastknowngoodrecord).
Chapter 3 Appendix
Before you begin, please prepare the following items:
• AtleasttwoSATAharddrivesorM.2SSDs
(Note1)
(To ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that
youusetwoharddriveswithidenticalmodelandcapacity).
(Note2)
• Windows setup disk.
• Motherboard driver disk.
• A USB thumb drive.
ConguringtheOnboardSATAController
A. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer
Connect the SATA signal cables to SATA hard drives and the SATA ports on the motherboard. Then connect the
powerconnectorsfromyourpowersupplytotheharddrives.OrinstallyourM.2SSD(s)intheM.2connector(s)
on the motherboard.
3-1 ConguringaRAIDSet
RAID Levels
(Note1) PleasenotethatanM.2PCIeSSDcannotbeusedtocreateaRAIDsetwithSATAdrive(s).
(Note2) RefertoChapter1,"InternalConnectors,""M.2Socket3Connector,"forthecongurationtablesof
SATAharddrivesandM.2SSDs.
RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10
Minimum
Number of Hard
Drives
≥2 2 ≥3 ≥4
Array Capacity Number of hard
drives * Size of the
smallest drive
Size of the smallest
drive
(Number of hard
drives-1)*Sizeof
the smallest drive
(Number of hard
drives/2)*Sizeofthe
smallest drive
Fault Tolerance No Yes Yes Yes
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