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Raid 1 for data protection – Asus K8V Deluxe User Manual

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Chapter 5: Software support

5. Select Start Create Process and press to setup hard disk for

RAID system. The following confirmation message appears:

Use arrow keys to move selection bar on items and press to
select.

Press “Y” to confirm or “N” to return to the configuration options.

RAID 1 for data protection

1. Select the second option item Array Mode, then press the

key. The RAID system setting pop-up menu appears.

2. Select RAID 1 for data protection from the menu and press .

Select next task from pop-up menu. The task Create only creates the
mirrored set without creating a backup. Create and duplicate creates
both mirrored set and backup.

The data on the selected disks will
be destroyed. Continue? Press Y/N

4K
8K
16K
32K

64K

RAID 0 for performance
RAID 1 for data protection

RAID 0/1

RAID SPAN for capacity

RAID 1 for data protection

Create only

Create and duplicate

Create only

3. Select task and press . The screen returns to Create Array

menu items. From this point, you may choose to auto-configure the
RAID array by selecting Auto Setup for Data Security or manually
configure the RAID array for mirrored sets. If you want to manually
configure the RAID array continue with next step, otherwise, proceed
to step #5.

TIP: For server systems, it is recommended to
use a lower array block size. For multimedia
computer systems used mainly for audio and
video editing, a higher array block size is
recommended for optimum performance.

The same confirmation message appears when the Auto Setup for
Performance
option is selected.