This file is NVIDIA RAID Installation Guide, which introduces how to configure RAID function in BIOS environment by using NVIDIA RAID Utility
The NVIDIA RAID Installation Guide provides step‑by‑step instructions for setting up RAID in the BIOS environment and for installing Windows operating systems with RAID support. It covers BIOS configuration, driver diskette creation, and the use of the NVIDIA RAID Utility to create and manage RAID arrays.
The document also describes the different RAID modes (0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD), their performance and fault‑tolerance characteristics, and includes detailed procedures for creating disk arrays, selecting stripe sizes, and finalizing the installation with partitioning and formatting. This manual is written in Chinese.
| Supported RAID modes | RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, JBOD |
|---|---|
| Default stripe size | 64KB |
| Minimum drives for RAID 5 | 3 identical hard disks |
Enter the BIOS Setup Utility, go to the Advanced screen IDE Configuration, and set the “SATA Operation Mode” option to [RAID].
The default stripe size is 64KB, though values between 8KB and 128KB can be selected.