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Matrix RAID is a separate example of this because of its special disk allocation concept:

For example, using 2 120G disks to make up a raid with a total capacity of 240G, set up a RAID 0, manually specify a disk capacity of 1 to 238G RAID 0 mode, and then use the remaining disk space to establish a RAID 1 mode. Such as:

100G (RAID 0) + 70G (RAID 1) or

50G (RAID 0) + 95G (RAID 1) and so on

How you allocate RAID 0 and RAID 1 disk sizes is determined by usage requirements.

Second, RAID production

How do I make raid?

Step one: The general onboard RAID controller will have the option to turn on and off the controller in the BIOS of the motherboard, as well as the switch options for making RAID-necessary raid bios, and after setting them on and saving the BIOS, at post, after the IDE device detection is over, a raid The BIOS self-test interface appears, pressing the special key to enter the raid BIOS for creation, deletion, data recovery, and so on. Set block size, generally 64K to 128K, block large for large file reading and large game or program of operation benefits, and small block, for small files to read or build Web, BBS server and so on. Then save the raid, note that a disk is the group built raid after the original data on the disk will be erased;

Step two: When the operating system is installed to allow the operating system to correctly recognize the raid that has been created and to install it on its system, the previous operating system of Windows 2000 has no relevant settings for this and the following steps, and Windows 2000/xp/ 2003 and other operating systems at the beginning of the installation need to press F6 key to inform the installer, a RAID device needs to manually install the driver.

The third step: After pressing the F6, the system does not have any prompt, also will not interrupt the system hardware detection process, but after all self-test completes, will enter the manual actuation installation interface. At this point, the motherboard attached to the floppy disk driver into the floppy drive, press S to start manual drive installation;

Prompts the floppy disk to insert, press ENTER to confirm;

The installer reads the drive inside the floppy disk and lists it as a list.

Because of the limitations of the installer, the driver in the list can display only four items, such as a driver greater than four, you can move the display box by pressing the up and down key to display all the drivers in the list.

When the load is complete, the raid and correct disk capacity are correctly identified when the operating system installation process is completed, and the partition and formatting tools that are brought in by Windows Installer are partitioned and formatted and the operating system is installed on the raid.

Note: Do not remove the floppy disk from the floppy drive when all Windows installations are not complete, because the drive on the floppy disk is read more than once during the installation process.

In addition, if the following screen is not nervous, click OK, this is because some older versions of the driver has not been certified by the Microsoft logo, but does not have any impact on the use.

When the operating system installation is complete and you successfully enter Windows, check to see if the disk letter matches the partition settings, and the match is successful. Most RAID controllers under Windows can manage raid in Windows by using the appropriate software program that the manufacturer has launched. This is the general step in making raid and installing the Windows operating system on a raid, and there is a slight difference in the specific set of project names and settings as the onboard RAID controller has different factory cards.

At present, the Board on the board of the onboard RAID controller is mainly Highpoint, Siliconimage, Intel, VIA, NVIDIA, ULi, SIS and so on, the following is based on the different brand of common models of the raid production process of the relevant details to introduce.

Highpoint 374

The motherboard models used are AT7, IT7, At7-max2, It7-max2.

First, open and save the raid switch entry in the BIOS

Then press the CTRL+H key to enter the RAID BIOS settings when the RAID BIOS is recommended for the screen:

Select the Create array for RAID creation;

Enter the Create interface;

Set RAID mode;

Set the name of the raid (as per your preference or RAID user);

Set the block size, and then save the settings;

Load drivers by operating system after RAID Setup

The operating system is successfully installed and finished.

Siliconimage

The main board used 3112, 3114, 31,323 models of the controller, the corresponding model is as follows:

Although there are three different models, the BIOS settings are roughly the same as the raid BIOS interface, but the supported RAID modes are slightly different, so it's a bit of a presentation.

BIOS setting;

Press the Ctrl+s key to enter the RAID BIOS main interface;

Create raid;

automatic configuration;

Manual configuration, configuration block size;

Select the disk;

Confirm disk capacity;

Save exit;

Drive load

3112, 3114 of the load

3132 Driver Loading

The operating system is successfully installed and finished.

Intel

Currently, the Intel RAID controller used by the upgrade board is an integrated SATA RAID controller in the Intel ich5r, ich6r, ich7r bridge chips. There are several types of board models for the following:

Their BIOS settings and RAID BIOS interfaces are similar, but the raid modes supported are slightly different, so they are also introduced.

BIOS setting;

Set the On-chip SATA mode to enhanced modes;

Set the On-chip SATA Mode to RAID;

After the BIOS is saved, press Ctrl+i to enter the raid BIOS

Create raid;

Confirm creation;

Disk information in RAID 0 mode;

Disk information in matrix RAID mode (only ich6r, ich7r can build matrix RAID);

ICH5R (82801ER) and ich6r (82801FR) floppy drive loading;

ich7r Floppy drive loading;

The disk capacity identified in the installer after the successful matrix raid was established;

The operating system is successfully installed and finished.

VIA

As the 8237 and 8237R bridge chips on via are integrated with SATA RAID controllers, the motherboards that use both of the bridge chipsets are supported SATA raid, and the models are as follows:

Socket 478 platform VI7, VT7;

Socket 462 platform KV7, kv7-v, kw7,va-20;

Socket 754 platform Kv8-max3, KV8, Kv8pro, Kv8pro-3rdeye, KV-80, KV-81, KV-85;

Socket 939 platform AV8, Av8-3rdeye, Rocketboy AV8, Rocketboy av8-3rdeye, AX8, Ax8-v, AX8 V2.0, Ax8-3rdeye.

Because they are all used in the 8237 and 8237R South Bridge, the settings are basically the same, except that the raid BIOS version varies slightly.

The onchip IDE device in the BIOS sets the Onchip SATA mode select as RAID, and some motherboard BIOS options are onchip SATA RAID ROOM, set to Enabled, and save the reboot;

Press the TAB key to enter the raid BIOS, and then create the raid by selecting creation array;

Go to the raid creation menu;

Select RAID mode;

After selecting the disk and chunk sizes, select the start create process to perform the creation action when prompted to create New Array ok! Indicates that the creation was successful;

After exiting the RAID BIOS, you can install the operating system, install the floppy disk drive, the majority of the model Board with the floppy drive is abit integrated drive floppy disk, after the Drop-down menu items can choose via RAID driver;

But there is a slightly different floppy drive that comes with the AX8 series motherboard;

A successful installation of RAID is successful after the system is successfully installed.

Nvidia

Currently onboard raid mainly has nForce2 Mcp-raid South Bridge and NForce3, NForce4 series of single chip integration, the corresponding motherboard is as follows:

Their BIOS settings and the RAID BIOS interface are roughly the same, but the supported RAID modes are slightly different, so it's a bit of an introduction.

BIOS setup:

Set the RAID function to Enabled, and then set the port RAID mode of the disk that is ready to build raid to Enabled and save;

After saving the BIOS and reboot, press F10 to enter the raid BIOS and set RAID mode;

Set block size;

Select the disk;

Press F7 to finish, confirm and save, press ctrl+x exit;

Load driven;

Note here that the NVIDIA series RAID controllers need to load the same series of Nvidia raid CLASS driver and NVIDIA nforce Storage controller two drives when loading floppy drives, Loading only one of these items will cause the disk to not be recognized correctly, and the operating system installation cannot be completed.

The operating system is successfully installed and finished.

ULi

The ULI RAID controller currently in use has only the SATA RAID controller integrated in the M1689 single chip, the corresponding motherboard has KU8 and UL8 two, and the RAID BIOS is identical.

BIOS setting;

After saving the BIOS reboot, press CTRL + A to enter the raid BIOS;

The raid BIOS is fairly straightforward, with virtually no tertiary submenu, the first three of which are built in different raid modes, and then the block size is set;

Use the left and RIGHT arrow keys to select, and then save the exit, and install the operating system loaded floppy disk drive;

The operating system is successfully installed and finished.

SiS

At present, the Upgrade Technology board contains the SIS SATA RAID controller model has SG-80 one section.

BIOS set to turn on RAID;

Press Ctrl+s to enter raid BIOS after saving reboot

Press R to start editing raid;

Press the A key to set up raid;

Press 1 2 3 keys to select RAID mode;

Select automatic creation and manual creation;

Set block size;

Select the disk;

The hint here means: "Do you want to save the source disk data to another hard disk?" ”

Choose Y to save words will take a considerable amount of time, and if it is two new hard drive, there is no need to save the data, so generally do not recommend this method of saving. and select N to skip here.

After the above steps to create the operation has been completed, press the Q key to exit, at this point will be prompted to save the operation, press Y key to save.

Load Floppy Drive

After the operating system has been successfully installed, the software production under Windows is complete.

The above is the mainstream RAID features with the introduction of the basic RAID creation process, I hope to be able to raid interested in the upgrade board users help.