Gigabyte X299-WU8 - 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
To create a RAID set, follow the steps below:
A. InstallSATAharddrive(s)orSSDs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RAID/AHCIdriverandoperatingsystem.
Before you begin, please prepare the following items:
• At least two SATA hard drives or SSDs
(Note2)
(toensureoptimalperformance,itisrecommendedthatyou
usetwoharddriveswithidenticalmodelandcapacity).
(Note3)(Note4)
• A Windows setup disk.
• Motherboard driver disk.
• A USB thumb drive.
RAID Levels
3-1 ConguringSATAControllers
A. Installing hard drives
Install the hard drives/SSDs in the Intel
®
Chipset controlled connectors on the motherboard. Then connect
the power connectors from your power supply to the hard drives.
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) The M.2 connector supports SATA RAID only.
(Note3) RefertoChapter1"InternalConnectors,"fortheinstallationnoticesfortheM.2andSATAconnectors.
(Note4) The maximum number of hard drives for a single RAID volume is 6.