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Chapter 5: Software supportChapter 5: Software support

Chapter 5: Software support

5.4.15.4.1

5.4.1

Installing hard disksInstalling hard disks

Installing hard disks

The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. For optimal

performance, install identical drives of the same model and capacity when

creating a disk array.

Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disksInstalling Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks

Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks

To install the SATA hard disks for a RAID configuration:

1. Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays.

2. Connect the SATA signal cables.

3. Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on each drive.

If you use either Windows

XP or Windows

2000 operating system

(OS), copy first the RAID driver from the support CD to a floppy disk

before creating RAID configurations. Refer to section “5.5 Creating a

RAID driver disk” for details.

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If you are creating a

RAID 0 (striping)RAID 0 (striping)

RAID 0 (striping) array for performance,

use two new drives.

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If you are creating a

RAID 1 (mirroring) RAID 1 (mirroring)

RAID 1 (mirroring) array for protection,

you can use two new drives or use an existing drive and a new drive

(the new drive must be of the same size or larger than the existing

drive).

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If you are creating a

RAID 0+1 RAID 0+1

RAID 0+1 array for protection, you can use

four new drives or use an existing drive and three new drives.

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If you are creating a

RAID 10RAID 10

RAID 10 array for very high reliability

combined with high performance, a minimum of four disk drives is

required.

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If you are creating a

RAID 5RAID 5

RAID 5 configuration, use a minimum of three

disk drives; the maximum number of drives is set by controller. Use

of disk drives with identical size and type is recommended.