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Raid 1 for data protection – Asus K8V User Manual

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Chapter 3: 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 to confirm or to return to the configuration options.

RAID 1 for data protection

1. Select the second option item Array Mode, then press . 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, use of a lower array block
size is recommended. 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 you select the Auto Setup for
Performance
option.