HighPoint RocketRAID 2782 User Manual
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RocketRAID BIOS Utility
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(the screen will display 1 ports at a time. A numeral will be displayed
before each selected disk. This number designates disk order. After all
of the disks have been selected and press the ESC key to return to the
Create Menu.
5. Next, Use the
↓ arrow key to highlight the Capacity (GB) option and
press Enter. The total available capacity will be displayed. Press ENTER
if you wish to use all available space. If you wish to reserve disk space
for additional arrays/single disks, use the keyboard to input the amount of
space (in GB) you wish to set aside for this particular array, and press
Enter.
Note: Multiple arrays can be created using the same set of hard disk drives.
The Capacity option allows you to set aside disk space that be used to create
another array, set as a spare disk, or partitioned to act as a single disk (by
the operating system).
6. For redundant RAID arrays (RAID 1, 5, 10), select the Cache Policy:
Write Back – utilizes disk cache (higher performing)
Write Through – writes directly to the disks (may reduce the risk of data loss
during a critical failure, but at the cost of lower performance).
7. Sector Size – Also known as “Variable Sector Size”. Use this option if
you are using an older 32-bit Windows operating system. This allows
older operating systems to support volumes over 2TB in size. Do not
use if the operating system already supports large volumes (such as
GPT).
8. To complete the creation procedure, use the arrow key to highlight the
Start Creation item and press Enter. Press the Y (yes) key to create