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A990FXM-A USER MANUAL
Chapter 5
Select [2], then select LD 1 in the following page. 3
The Define LD Menu screen appears (Figure 1.4).
Figure 1.4 Define LD Menu
Using the Define a New Array Screen
If necessary, press the tab key to move from field to field until the appropriate field
is highlighted.
• Selecting the RAID Mode
By default, this is set to Mirroring. To change to a different RAID mode, press
the spacebar until the mode that you want appears in the RAID Mode box—
RAID0/1/10/JBOD.
Note: Not all RAID levels are supported on all platforms.
Stripe block size is given in kilobytes, and affects how data is arranged on
the disk. It is recommended to leave this value at the default Optimal, which
is 64KB, but the values can be 64 KB and 128 KB. When choose RAID 1, the
Stripe block size is unchangeable.
• Selecting the Stripe Block Size
Note: If you want to use the function of the following RAID Mode, you have to
install enough HDD.
RAID READY (1 piece of HDD); RAID 0,1 ,JBOD (2 or more pieces of HDD);
RAID 0+1 (4 pieces of HDD)
[ mmmmm] Up [nnnnn] Down [ESC] Exit [Space] Change Option [Ctrl-Y] Save
[ Define LD Menu ]
[ Keys Available ]
FastBuild (tm) Utility (c) 2006 ATI Technology, Inc.
LD No RAID Mode Total Drv
LD 1 RAID 0 0
Stripe Block : 64 KB Past Init : OFF
Gigabyte Boundary : ON Cache Mode : WriteThru
Channel : ID Drive Model Capacity (MB) Assignment
3 : Mas WDC WD3200AAJS-22B4 320073
N
4 : Mas WDC WD1600JS-22NVB1 160042 N
[ Drives Assignments ]