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ATI SATA RAID Setup Guide
BIOS RAID Utility Screen Description
u Main Menu
The Main Menu in the upper left corner is used to choose the operation to be performed.
The selections are:
1. Create RAID Set is used to create a new RAID Set (RAID 0 or RAID 1).
2. Delete RAID Set is used to delete a RAID Set.
3. Rebuild Mirrored Set is used to initiate the rebuild of a RAID 1 set after, for
example, a drive in the Set has been replaced.
4. Resolve Conflicts is used to automatically find the member drives of a RAID
set which has been disrupted (physical drives swapped around, for example)
and restore the Set to proper operation.
5. Low Level Format allows a single drive to have its data completely wiped
out. Drives assigned to Sets cannot be low level formatted.
These operations are described in the pages that follow.
u Help Window
This window displays context-sensitive help and status messages.
u Physical Drive Properties
This window displays the model number and capacities of the drives physically
attached to the SATA host adapter.
Description of RAID Setup Operations
u Creating RAID Sets
As previously discussed, the SATA host controller supports RAID 0 and RAID 1
configurations. The selection of the RAID configuration should be based upon fac-
tors including performance, data security, and the number of drives available. It is
best to carefully consider the long-term role of the system and plan the data storage
strategy. RAID sets can be created either automatically, or to allow the greatest
flexibility, manually.