ASRock X399 Phantom Gaming 6 [2/20] Amd bios raid installation guide

1. AMD BIOS RAID Installation Guide

AMD BIOS RAID Installation Guide is an instruction for you to configure RAID functions by using the onboard

FastBuild BIOS utility under BIOS environment. After you make a SATA driver diskette, press <F2> or <Del> to enter

BIOS setup to set the option to RAID mode by following the detailed instruction of the “User Manual” in our support CD,

then you can start to use the onboard RAID Option ROM Utility to configure RAID.

1.1 Introduction to RAID

The term “RAID” stands for “Redundant Array of Independent Disks”, which is a method combining two or more hard

disk drives into one logical unit. For optimal performance, please install identical drives of the same model and

capacity when creating a RAID set.

RAID 0 (Data Striping)

RAID 0 is called data striping that optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in parallel, interleaved

stacks. It will improve data access and storage since it will double the data transfer rate of a single disk alone while the

two hard disks perform the same work as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate.

WARNING!!

Although RAID 0 function can improve the access performance, it does not provide any fault tolerance. Hot-Plug any HDDs of the

RAID 0 Disk will cause data damage or data loss.

RAID 1 (Data Mirroring)

RAID 1 is called data mirroring that copies and maintains an identical image of data from one drive to a second

drive. It provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to the entire system since the disk array

management software will direct all applications to the surviving drive as it contains a complete copy of the data in

the other drive if one drive fails.