Gigabyte GA-X99-SLI - Chapter 3 Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s); 3-1 Configuring SATA Controllers

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Conguring SATA Hard Drive(s)
Chapter3 ConguringSATAHardDrive(s)
(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 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, please prepare the following items:
• 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.IfyouwanttocongureaRAIDset,makesuretoconnecttheharddrivesto
theSATA30~5ports.Thenconnectthepowerconnectorfromyourpowersupplytotheharddrive.
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