Gigabyte GA-Z87-D3HP - Chapter 3 SATA Hard Drive Configuration; RAID Levels Overview

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Conguring SATA Hard Drive(s)
Chapter3 ConguringSATAHardDrive(s)
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:
• 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8/7setupdisk.
• Motherboard driver disk.
• A USB thumb drive
RAID Levels
3-1 ConguringIntel
®
Z87/H87 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 there is more than one SATA controller on your motherboard, refer to "Chapter 1,"
"HardwareInstallation,"toidentifytheSATAcontrollerfortheSATAport.(Forexample,onthismotherboard,
the SATA3 0/1/2/3/4/5 ports are supported by the Intel
®
Z87/H87Chipset.)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
(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.