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4.4 RAID congurations
The motherboard supports the following SATA RAID solution:
• Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and RAID
5 support.
• You must install Windows
®
XP Service Pack 3 or later versions before using
Serial ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature is available only if
you are using Windows
®
XP SP3 or later versions.
• Due to Windows
®
XP / Vista limitation, a RAID array with the total capacity
over 2TB cannot be set as a boot disk. A RAID array over 2TB can only be
set as a data disk only.
• If you want to install a Windows
®
operating system to a hard disk drive
included in a RAID set, you have to create a RAID driver disk and load the
RAID driver during OS installation. Refer to section 4.5 Creating a RAID
driver disk for details.
RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write
data in parallel, interleaved stacks. Two hard disks perform the same work as a
single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate, double that of a single disk alone,
thus improving data access and storage. Use of two new identical hard disk drives
is required for this setup.
RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies and maintains an identical image of data from
one drive to a second drive. If one drive fails, the disk array management software
directs all applications to the surviving drive as it contains a complete copy of
the data in the other drive. This RAID conguration provides data protection and
increases fault tolerance to the entire system. Use two new drives or use an
existing drive and a new drive for this setup. The new drive must be of the same
size or larger than the existing drive.
RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more hard
disk drives. Among the advantages of RAID 5 conguration include better
HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. The RAID
5 conguration is best suited for transaction processing, relational database
applications, enterprise resource planning, and other business systems. Use a
minimum of three identical hard disk drives for this setup.
RAID 10 is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy
data) having to be calculated and written. With the RAID 10 conguration you get
all the benets of both RAID 0 and RAID 1 congurations. Use four new hard disk
drives or use an existing drive and three new drives for this setup.
- Motherboard 1
- First Edition 2
- February 2011 2
- Contents 3
- Safety information 8
- About this guide 9
- Typography 10
- P8B WS specications summary 11
- Chapter 1: Product 15
- 1.1 Welcome! 17
- 1.2 Package contents 17
- 1.3 Special features 18
- ASUS P8B WS 1-3 19
- 1.3.3 ASUS features 20
- AI Suite II 21
- ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution 21
- ASUS EZ DIY 21
- Precision Tweaker 2 22
- IEEE 1394a interface 22
- S/PDIF-out on Back I/O Port 22
- ASUS Crystal Sound 23
- Chapter 2: Hardware 25
- 2.1 Before you proceed 27
- 2.2 Motherboard overview 28
- 2.2.2 Layout contents 29
- 2.2.4 System memory 31
- 32
- P8B WS Motherboard 33
- 2.2.5 Expansion slots 36
- 2.2.6 Onboard switches 38
- 2. GPU Boost switch 39
- Turning this switch to 39
- 3. MemOK! switch 40
- 2.2.7 Onboard LEDs 41
- 5. DRAM LED 43
- 2.2.8 Jumper 44
- ASUS P8B WS 2-19 45
- 2.2.9 Internal connectors 46
- ASUS P8B WS 2-23 49
- G.P. Diagnosis card layout 52
- 10. ATX power connectors 54
- ASUS P8B WS 2-29 55
- PC chassis Power supply unit 56
- DIMM SATA hard disk drive 56
- 2.3.2 CPU installation 57
- Apply the Thermal Interface 59
- Material to the CPU heatsink 59
- ASUS P8B WS 2-33 59
- 2.3.4 DIMM installation 61
- ASUS P8B WS 2-37 63
- 2.3.6 ATX Power connection 64
- 2.3.7 SATA device connection 65
- 2.3.8 Front I/O Connector 66
- To install PCIe x16 cards 67
- 2.3.10 Rear panel connection 68
- 2.3.11 Audio I/O connections 69
- Connect to Stereo Speakers 70
- ASUS P8B WS 2-45 71
- ASUS P8B WS 2-47 73
- BIOS setup 75
- 3.1 Knowing BIOS 77
- 3.2 BIOS setup program 77
- 3.2.1 EZ Mode 78
- 3.2.2 Advanced Mode 79
- 3-4 Chapter 3: BIOS setup 80
- 3.3 Main menu 81
- Administrator Password 82
- User Password 83
- 3.4 Ai Tweaker menu 84
- GPU Boost 86
- DRAM Timing Control 86
- CPU Power Management 86
- CPU Voltage [Auto] 87
- VCCSA Voltage [Auto] 88
- CPU PLL Voltage [Auto] 88
- Load-Line Calibration [Auto] 88
- CPU Spread Spectrum [Auto] 88
- 3.5 Advanced menu 89
- 90
- ASUS P8B WS 3-15 91
- Render Standby [Enabled] 92
- 93
- 93
- SATA Mode [IDE Mode] 94
- Hot Plug [Disabled] 94
- 95
- HD Audio Controller [Enabled] 96
- Front Panel Type [HD] 96
- SPDIF Out Type [SPDIF] 96
- Serial Port [Enabled] 97
- 3.5.8 APM 98
- Power On By RTC [Disabled] 99
- 3.6 Monitor menu 100
- CPU Q-Fan Control [Enabled] 101
- Anti Surge Support [Enabled] 102
- 3.7 Boot menu 103
- 3.8 Tool menu 104
- 105
- 3.8.3 Asus SPD Information 106
- 3.9 Exit menu 107
- 3.10 Updating BIOS 108
- 3.10.1 ASUS Update utility 109
- 3-34 Chapter 3: BIOS setup 110
- ASUS P8B WS 3-35 111
- Drive Folder Info 112
- Recovering the BIOS 113
- C:\>d: 114
- Backing up the current BIOS 115
- 116
- Software 117
- Chapter summary 118
- 4.2 Support DVD information 119
- 4.3 Software information 121
- 4.3.2 EPU 122
- 4.3.3 FAN Xpert 123
- 4.3.4 Probe II 124
- 4.3.5 Sensor Recorder 125
- 4.3.6 Ai Charger+ 126
- 127
- 4.4 RAID congurations 129
- 4.4.4 Intel 130
- Creating a RAID set 131
- Deleting a RAID set 133
- Exiting the Intel 133
- ASUS P8B WS 4-17 135
- The name of the USB oppy 136
- ASUS P8B WS 4-19 137
- Multiple GPU 139
- 5.1 ATI 141
- CrossFireX™ technology 141
- 142
- CrossFireX bridge 142
- 5.1.5 Enabling the ATI 143
- 5.2 NVIDIA 145
- CUDA™ technology 145
- Technical Support 147
- DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY 148
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