Gigabyte GA-F2A88X-D3HP - Chapter 3 Configuring A Raid Set; Configuring SATA Controllers

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Conguring a RAID Set
Chapter3 ConguringaRAIDSet
(Note1) SkipthisstepifyoudonotwanttocreateRAIDarrayontheSATAcontroller.
(Note2) RequiredwhentheSATAcontrollerissettoAHCIorRAIDmode.
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
RAID Levels
TocongureSATAharddrive(s),followthestepsbelow:
A. InstallSATAharddrive(s)inyourcomputer.
B. CongureSATAcontrollermodeinBIOSSetup.
C. CongureaRAIDarrayinRAIDBIOS
(Note1)
D. InstalltheSATARAID/AHCIdriverandoperatingsystem
(Note2)
Before you begin
• At least two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you use two hard drives
withidenticalmodelandcapacity).IfyoudonotwanttocreateRAID,youmayprepareonlyoneharddrive.
• Windows setup disk.
• Motherboard driver disk.
• AUSBashdrive.
3-1 ConguringSATAControllers
A. Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your computer
Attach one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive and the other end to available SATA
port on the motherboard. Then connect the power connector from your power supply to the hard drive.