Disk Array graphic tutorial

Nothing left to worry about. A raid 0 is set up, and the speed is improved significantly. The speed of loading games and starting programs is improved.
First, let's make a comparison.

Single-disc speed:

Raid0 speed:
What about the hard disk used? Two Seagate GB single disk

STEP/Method

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Next let's talk about the steps, because the Board is not the same, enter and set the method is different, the following take my P55A-UD3R as an example, intel board settings are basically the same:
First, when B I o s is enabled for p o s t, press the <D e l e t e> key to enter the B I O S setup program. To create an r a I D, enter
"Integrated Peripherals" sets the "pch sata Control Mode" option to "RAID (XHD)", exits the BIOS program settings, and saves the setting results.
For example

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Then you need to go to the RAID setup program to perform the following steps:
Step 1:
After the bios post screen is displayed, the following screen appears before entering the Operating System. Press <Ctrl> + <I> to enter
RAID setup program.
Step 2:
Press <Ctrl> + <I> to display the P55 RAID Settings Main Screen.
Create RAID Volume)
Press <Enter> On the Create RAID Volume option to Create a RAID disk.
Step 3:
Go to the "create volume menu" Page and click "Name" to customize the Name of the disk array.
It can contain 16 letters but cannot contain special characters. Press <E n t e r> after setting. Select the r a I d mode (R A I D
Level ). RAID mode options include RAID 0, RAID 1, Recovery, RAID 10, and RAID 5 (selectable RAID Mode)
Depends on the total number of hard disks installed ). After selecting the RAID mode, press <Enter> to continue the subsequent steps.
Step 4:
In the "D I s k s" option, select the hard disk to create the disk array. If only two hard disks are installed, these two disks are automatically set as disk arrays.
Next, select the disk Window Size (Strip Size), which ranges from 4 KB to 128 KB. After setting, press <Enter> to set the disk array Capacity ).
Step 5:
After setting the disk array capacity, press the <E n t e r> key to move to the "C r e a t e Vo l u m e" option. In "C r e a t e ",
Vo l u m e. Press the <E n t e r> key to create a disk array. When the confirmation message appears, make sure to press
<Y>. to cancel the operation, press <N>.

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After that, you can view the detailed data of the created DISK array in DISK/volume information, such as DISK array mode, window size, DISK array name, and DISK array capacity, below is my array information.

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After the configuration is complete, press <Esc> or select "5. Exit" on the main screen, and then press <Enter> to Exit the RAID setup program.
You can create a sata raid/AHCI driver floppy disk and install the operating system. After installing intel's raid program, you can view the raid information and management,
Speed-oriented friends can enable the write-back cache, but it may cause the hard disk data to be not saved when a sudden power failure occurs. I did not enable it.
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In addition, the last AMD method, taking 770T-UD3P as an example, is similar because many people use this board and I used it some time ago:

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First, after the power is turned on, when the BIOS is POST, press the <Delete> key to enter the BIOS Setup main screen, and then enter
"Integrated Peripherals" and confirm that "OnChip SATA Controller" is enabled.
Set the "OnChip SATA Type" option to "RAID"; Set "OnChip SATA Type" to "RAID" and "OnChip"
Set SATA Port4/5 Type to "As SATA Type ".

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Then enter the raid bios and set the RAID mode:
After the system is started On the bios post (Power-On Self-Test boot Self-check) screen, it will appear
As shown in the figure, press <Ctrl> + <F> to enter the raid bios setting program.

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Press <Ctrl> + <F> to enter the RAID configuration program. The "Main Menu" window appears.
(Main Menu): Main Menu
To View the disk information in the disk array, click <1> View Drive Assignments.
To create a disk array, press <2> to go to the "Define LD" screen.
If you want to Delete the disk array, press <3> to go to the "Delete LD" screen.
If you want to view the SATA control port Configuration, press <4> to go to the "Controller Configuration" screen.

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To create a disk array, press <2> in the main menu to enter the "Define LD" window. This function allows users
Manually specify the disk to be used as the disk array and define the disk array mode as needed.

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Use the up/down key to move to a logical disk group and press <Enter> to Enter the disk array setting screen.

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Create raid0 as follows:
1. Under the RAID Mode project, press <SPACE> to select RAID 0.
2. Use the arrow keys to move to the "Stripe Block" project, and then press the <SPACE> key to switch to the desired Block size. (Default value:
64 KB, recommended to 128 KB)
3. In the "Drives Assignments" project, use the up and down keys to select the disk to be added to the disk array.
4. Press the <SPACE> or <Y> key at the "Assignment" of the selected disk to switch it to "Y ". This operation will make the disk
Add the disk to the disk array you want to create. The Total number of disks added to the array is displayed at "Total Drv.
5. After the setting is complete, press <Ctrl> + <Y> to save the settings.
6. Press <Ctrl> + <Y> to clear the Master Boot Record, or press another key to ignore this option. Next
. 7. Press <Ctrl> + <Y> to select the custom disk capacity, or press another key to maximize the disk capacity.
8. After the preparation is complete, the "Define LD Menu" screen will be returned. On this screen, you can see the newly created disk array.
9. Press <Esc> to return to the main menu. To exit the raid bios utility, press <Esc>.

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View disk status
The View Drives Assignments window shows whether the disk connected to the AMD SB710 controller is specified as in the disk array.
Member. After entering this window, you will see the disk arrays under the "Assignment" item of the disk.
If the disk does not have a disk array, it is displayed as "Free ".

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Next, you can create a sata raid/AHCI driver floppy disk and install the operating system. After installing the AMD driver and raid Management Program, you can view raid, ACHI, and NCQ settings, for example:
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