NVIDIA RAID 1. NVIDIA BIOS RAID ................................... 2 1. 1 RAID ...................................................... 2 1. 2 RAID............................................ 3 1. 3 RAIDWindows XP/ XP 64-bit/Vista/Vista 64-bit............................... 4 1.3.1 RAIDWindows XP/ XP 64-bit.............................................. 4 1.3.2 RAIDWindows Vista/ Vista 64-bit.......................................... 6 1.4 ................................................... 7 2. NVIDIA Windows RAID .............................. 10 2.1 Windows XP/XP 64-bitNVIDIA Windows RAID ................................................. 10 2.2 Windows Vista/Vista 64-bitNVIDIA Windows RAID ................................................. 20 1 1. NVIDIA BIOS RAID NVIDIA BIOS RAIDBIOSNVIDIA RAID Utility RAIDSATA/SATAIIBIOS "User Manual""Quick Installation Guide"RAID NVIDIA RAID UtilityRAID NVRAID RAID UtilityRAID SATA/SATAIIRAID 0RAID 1JBOD SATA/SATAIISATA/SATAII RAID 0RAID 1RAID 0+1JBODRAID 5 RAIDRAID 1.1 RAID "RAID""Redundant Array of Independent Disks"" """ RAID RAID 0Data Striping RAID 0 RAID 0RAID 0 RAID 1Data Mirroring RAID 1 RAID 0+1Stripe Mirroring RAID 1RAID 0RAID 0+1 RAID 0RAID 1 JBODSpanning 2 JBODRAID RAID 5 RAID 5RAID 5 RAID 5 1.2 1. RAID RAID 0striping SATA SATA 80GB60GB 80GB60GBRAID 0120GB 2. RAID 1mirroring 80GB 60GBRAID 160GB 3. RAID RAIDRAID "Clear Disk Data""Yes" 3 ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® 4 ® ® ® ® A. NVIDIA RAID Driver (required) B. NVIDIA nForce Storage Controller (required) ® ® ® 5 ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® 6 1.4 BIOSRAID ModeRAID RAIDRAID POST NVIDIA RAID Utility - Define a New Array RAID ModeRAIDMirroringRAID 0 StripingStriping BlockOptimal RAID 0NVRAID RAID UtilityRAID 0 StripingNVRAID RAID UtilityRAID RAID 0 7 Striping block Optimal 64KB 8KB128KB 8 32 16 64128KB RAID Config BIOSFree Disks RAID A. B. C. TabFree Disks Free DisksArray Disks RAIDArray Disks 8 RAIDRAID /// Free DisksArray Disks 1.0.M 1 Channel ---- 1Serial ATA 0Parallel ATA 0controller MMMasterSSlave Serial ATA 1 . 0 . M----Channel 1controller 0Master 1 . 1 . M----Channel 1controller 1Master Array ListRAID Healthy NVIDIA STRIPING 74.53G 9 2. NVIDIA Windows RAID NVIDIA Windows RAIDWindowsNVIDIAMAN RAID RAID Windows XP/XP 64-bitWindows Vista/Vista 64-bit 2.1 Windows XP/XP 64-bitNVIDIA Windows RAID A. NVRAIDMAN NVIDIA ALL in oneRAID RAIDStart Programs NVIDIA Corporation Mediashield Mediashield NVRAIDMAN"Mediashield" 10 B. RAID NVRAIDMANRAID SATA/SATAIIRAID 0RAID 1JBOD SATA/SATAIISATA/SATAII RAID 0RAID 1RAID 0+1JBODRAID 5 RAIDRAIDRAID RAID 0Striping RAID 1Mirroring RAID 0+1Stripe Mirroring JBODSpanning RAID 5 Windows XP NVIDIA SATAII_1 port 1.0 --> SATA SATAII_2 port 1.1 --> SATA SATAII_3 port 2.0 --> SATA SATAII_4 port 2.1 --> SATA RAID 0NVRAIDMANRAID 0 StripingNVRAIDMANRAID RAID 0 11 A. B. C. BIOSRAID WindowsNVRAIDMAN D. Next E. RAID ModeRAIDStriping"Stripe Size" 12 F. Next G. stripe 13 H. Next I. Finish The RAID 0 is created successfully.RAID 0 C. NVRAID A. Start Settings Control Panel 14 B. C. D. Administrative Tools Computer Management Disk Management E. 153.38 GB Unallocated F. Wizard 15 D. RAID NVRAIDMAN A. NVRAIDMANRAID RAID "Delete Array..."...... 16 B. Next C. Finish NVIDIA RAID E. RAID RAID 1 RAID 0+1RAID 5 RAID 5 A. B. C. WindowsNVIDIA RAID Rebuild ArrayNVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard NVIDIA 17 D. NextDisk Selection E. Next Completing the NVIDIA Rebuild ArrayNVIDIA 18 F. Finish F. RAID 1RAID 0+1RAID 5 RAID 1RAID 0+1RAID 5RAID 0 JBOD Free DiskDedicated Disk G. RAID RAID 10+1RAID 5RAID1RAID 0+1"sync" RAID 5"sync" RAID 1 A. B. "Mirroring""Synchronize Array" Synchronize Array Wizard Wizard Completion "Next" "Finish" NVRAIDMAN 19 C. 2.2 Windows Vista/Vista 64-bitNVIDIA Windows RAID A. NVIDIARAID RAIDStart Programs NVIDIA CorporationNVIDIA Storage "Storage" 20 "Create array"RAID B. RAID 21 "Custom" RAIDRAID Striping RAID 0 Storage Striping RAID 0 Storage RAID Striping RAID 0 22 RAIDStripe Size64K RAID 23 RAID FinishRAID C. NVRAID A. B. C. D. "" "" "" "" "" "" 24 25 ...