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 Conguration
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 Conguration
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 conguration.