Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX-W - Appendix and RAID Configuration; Configuring RAID Sets

- 37 -
Chapter 5 Appendix
5-1 ConguringaRAIDSet
RAID Levels
Before you begin, please prepare the following items:
This motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10. Prepare the correct number of hard drives
as indicated in the table above before conguring a RAID array.
• SATA hard drives or SSDs. To ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you use two hard drives
with identical model and capacity.
• Windows setup disc.
• An Internet connected computer.
• A USB thumb drive.
• Please note that an M.2 PCIe SSD cannot be used to create a RAID set with a SATA hard drive.
• Refer to the "Internal Connectors" section of the user's manual for the installation notices for
the M.2, and SATA connectors.
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
& Please visit GIGABYTE's website for details on conguring a RAID array.
https://www.gigabyte.com/WebPage/927/intel700-raid.html
38 / 43 37 / 41 38 / 43