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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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.

• A Windows setup disk.

• Motherboard driver disk.

• A USB thumb drive.

RAIDLevels

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 SATA 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

(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.

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