User manual
BIOS CONFIGURATION
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A larger stripe size produces better-read performance, especially
if your computer does mostly sequential reads. However, if you
are certain that your computer performs random reads more of-
ten, select a smaller stripe size.
Press the Yes option in the “Create Vol/Raid Set” dialog box, the
RAID set and volume set will start to initialize it.
Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System
ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L:Line Draw, X: Redraw
Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller
Main Menu
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drives
Raid System Function
Hdd Power Management
Ethernet Conguration
View System Events
Clear Event Buffer
Hardware Monitor
System Information
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Total 4 Drives
Raid 0
Raid 1 + 0
Raid 1 + 0 + Spare
Raid 3
Raid 5
Raid 3 + Spare
Raid 5 + Spare
Raid 6
Available Capacity : 160.1GB
Selected Capacity : 160.1GB
Select Strip Size
4K
8K
16K
32K
128K
64K
Controller I/O Port:F3000000h, F2: Select Controller, F10: Reboot System
ArrowKey Or AZ:Move Cursor, Enter: Select, ESC: Escape, L:Line Draw, X: Redraw
Areca Technology Corporation RAID Controller
Main Menu
Raid Set Function
Volume Set Function
Physical Drives
Raid System Function
Hdd Power Management
Ethernet Conguration
View System Events
Clear Event Buffer
Hardware Monitor
System Information
Quick Volume/Raid Setup
Total 4 Drives
Raid 0
Raid 1 + 0
Raid 1 + 0 +
Spare
Raid 3
Raid 5
Raid 3 + Spare
Raid 5 + Spare
Raid 6
Available Capacity : 160.1GB
Selected Capacity : 160.1GB
Select Strip Size
4K
8K
16K
32K
128K
64K
Create Vol/Raid Set
No
Yes
Select “Foreground (Faster Completion)” or “Background (Instant
Available)” for initialization. “No Init (To Rescue Volume)” for re-
covering the missing RAID set conguration.