Gigabyte GA-VM900M - Creating and Configuring RAID Arrays

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Figure 5
A. Create Array:
In Main Menu, select Create Array and press ENTER, a screen similar to Figure 5 below will appear.
The first step to create a RAID array is to set the RAID mode. Select Array Mode and press ENTER.
And the RAID mode selection menu will appear (Figure 6). The supported RAID modes include RAID
0 for performance, RAID 1 for data protection, and RAID SPAN for capacity. Use the UP or
DOWN ARROW key to select a RAID mode, then press ENTER. The following procedure uses RAID
0 creation as as example.
Figure 6
Dev. Posi. Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status
Channel0 Master ST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Hdd
Channel1 Master ST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Hdd
Create a RAID array with
the hard disks attached to
VIA RAID controller
F1 : View Array/disk Status
KK
KK
K ,
LL
LL
L : Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit
XX
XX
X Auto Setup For Data Security
XX
XX
X Array Mode RAID 1 (Mirroring)
XX
XX
X Select Disk Drives
XX
XX
X Start Create Process
VIA VT8237S V-RAID Utility V1.20
Dev. Posi. Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status
Channel0 Master ST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Hdd
Channel1 Master ST3120026AS SATA 111.79 Hdd
Create a RAID array with
the hard disks attached to
VIA RAID controller
F1 : View Array/disk Status
KK
KK
K ,
LL
LL
L : Move to next item
Enter : Confirm the selection
ESC : Exit
XX
XX
X Auto Setup For Data Security
XX
XX
X Array Mode RAID 0 (Striping)
XX
XX
X Select Disk Drives
XX
XX
X Start Create Process
VIA VT8237S V-RAID Utility V1.20
RAID 0 for performance
RAID 1 for data protection
RAID SPAN for capacity