Serial ATA RAID Quick User’s Guide
CONTENTS
Introduction.............................................................................................1
Step 0. What is RAID..............................................................................3
KNOW HOW......................................................................................3
PERFORMANCE HINTS AND RECOMMEND SETTING ............3
Step 1. Hardware Setup ..........................................................................5
HARD DRIVES SETUP......................................................................5
Step 2. Installing Software Drivers.........................................................8
WINDOWS 2000/XP...........................................................................8
NEW WINDOWS 2000/XP INSTALLATION.............................................. 8
EXISTING WINDOWS 2000/XP INSTALLATION ..................................... 9
CONFIRMING WINDOWS 2000/XP DRIVER INSTALLATION................ 9
Step 3. BIOS Utility Operation (for RAID only)..................................10
CREATING AN ARRAY FOR PERFORMANCE..........................11
CREATING A MIRROR ARRAY...................................................13
CREATING A JBOD ARRAY .........................................................16
CREATING A STRIPE-MIRROR ARRAY ....................................18
Step 4. SIS 964 22 RAID Utility Operation...............................................
VIEWING THE “CREATE RAID” .................................................24
CREATE A RAID SET.....................................................................26
VIEWING THE RAIDTYPE MEANING........................................33
DELETE A RAID SET .....................................................................35
RAID RECOVERY OPERATION...................................................38