Asrock K8Upgrade-NF3, K7NF2-RAID RAID Utility for Windows Guide

RAID Utility for Windows

1. Enter NVRAIDMAN

RAID driver is built in nVidia ALL in one driver provided in ASRock sup

port CD. After you fi nish the driver installation, you can create, delete, or

rebuild any RAID array. Please enter NVRAIDMAN by clicking on StartШʳ

ʳ ProgramsШNVIDIA CorporationШRAID ManagerШRAID Manager.

Then, the below screen appears.

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2. Creating RAID Arrays

Creating RAID 0 (Striping)

NVRAIDMAN can be used to create a striped array from one disk up to

the maximum supported number of disks in the system. To create a two-

disk Striped Array do the following.

1. Go to the system BIOS and make sure that the drives that you want to

use are RAID enabled.

2. Boot to Windows and launch the NVRAIDMAN application.

3. Create Array and the following screen will appear.

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4. Click Next and the following screen shot will appear.

5. Click the RAID Mode list arrow and select Striping, and leave the

“Stripe Size” with its default value as shown in the following screen shot.

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6. Click Next, and the following screen shot will appear.

7. Select the two disks that you want to include in the stripe set.

To create a striped array with more disks, select additional disks from the

list.

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8. Click Next and the following screen shot will appear.

9. Click Finish and the following screen shot will appear.

The RAID 0 is created successfully.

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Creating RAID 1 (Mirroring)

The NVRAIDMAN application can be used to create a Mirror Array. By

defi nition, a mirrored array consists of two drives. Data is written to both

two drives, and if one drive fails then data can be recovered from the

other drive. To create a Mirrored Array, do the following.

1. Go to the system BIOS and make sure that the drives that you want to

use are RAID enabled.

2. Boot to Windows and launch the NVRAIDMAN application, then click

on Create Array and the following screen will appear.

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