MSI 945gm2 H Manual

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The InstallShield Wizard will begin automatically for installation showed as
following:
Click on the Next button to proceed the installation in the welcoming window. 
						

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After reading the license agreement in the following window, click Yes button to
continue.The window shows the components to be installed. Click Next button to continue. 
						

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Select the folder in which you want the program to be installed in the following
window, and click Next button to start installation.Select a program folder in the following window where you want Setup to add the
program icon. 
						

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Once the installation is complete, the following window appears. The following window appears to show the Intel Application Accelerator RAID
Edition Setup installation status. 
						

							5-14MS-7210 Micro-ATX MainboardRAID Migration Instructions
The Intel Matrix Storage Console offers the flexibility to upgrade from a single
Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive to RAID configuration when an additional SATA hard
drive is added to the system. This process will create a new RAID volume from an
existing disk. However, several important steps must be followed at the time the
system is first configured in order to take advantage of RAID when upgrading to a
second SATA hard drive:
1.BIOS must be configured for RAID before installing Windows XP on the
single SATA hard drive. Refer to On Chip ATA Device for properly
setting of the BIOS.
2.Install the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Driver during Windows Setup.
Refer to Installing Software for instructions on installing the driver
during Windows Setup.
3.Install the Intel Matrix Storage Console after the operating system is installed.
To create a volume from an existing disk, complete the following steps:
After the Intel Matrix Storage Console has been successfully installed and
the system has rebooted, click on the Intel Application Accelerator shortcut link (Start
--> All Programs --> Intel Matrix Storage Manager --> Intel Matrix Storage
Console) and the following window will appear:MSI Reminds You...
A Create from Existing Disk operation will delete all existing data
from the added disk and the data cannot be recovered. It is critical to
backup all important data on the added disk before proceeding. However,
during the migration process, the data on the source disk is preserved. 
						

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Create RAID Volume from Existing Disk
To create a RAID volume from an existing disk, choose Action --> Create
RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive.The Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard pops up to lead
you for the following procedure. Click Next to continue. 
						

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(1) Step 1: Configure Volume
Here you can configure the new RAID volume by entering the volume name,
selecting the RAID level and strip size.† RAID Volume Name:
A desired RAID volume name needs to be typed in where the ‘RAID_Volume0’ text
currently appears above. The RAID volume name has a maximum limit of 16 characters.
The RAID volume name must also be in English alphanumeric ASCII characters.
† RAID Level:
Select the desired RAID level:
RAID 0 (Performance) –A volume optimized for performance will allow you to
access your data more quickly.
RAID 1 (Redundancy) –A volume optimized for data redundancy will provide
you with a realtime duplicate copy of your data. Note:
Only half of the available volume space will be avail-
able for data storage.
RAID 5 (Useful) –RAID 5 can be used on three or more disks, with zero
or more spare-disks. The resulting RAID-5 device size
will be (N-1)*S, where N is the how many drive, S is the
size of the smallest drive in the array. If one of the disks
fail, all data are still intact. It can rebuild the disk from
the parity information. If spare disks are available,
reconstruction will begin immediately after the device
failure. If two disks fail simultaneously, all data are lost.
RAID-5 can survive one disk failure, but not two or
more. Both read and write performance usually
increase, but can be hard to predict how much. Reads
are similar to RAID-0 reads, writes can be either rather 
						

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(2) Select the source disk
Then select the source disk that you wish to use and then click “--->” to
move it to the Selected field. Then click Next to continue.
It is very important to note which disk is the source disk (the one containing all
of the information to be migrated) and which one is the target disk. On a RAID Ready
system, this can be determined by making a note during POST of which port (e.g. Port
0 or Port 1) the single disk is attached to.
You can also use the Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition utility before
the second disk is installed to verify the Port and serial number of the drive that
contains all the data.expensive (requiring read-in prior to write, in order to
be able to calculate the correct parity information), or
similar to RAID-1 writes. The write efficiency depends
heavily on the amount of memory in the machine, and
the usage pattern of the array. Heavily scattered writes
are bound to be more expensive.
RAID 10 (Mirrored Stripes) –A RAID 1 array of two RAID 0 arrays.
† Strip Sizes:
Select the desired strip size setting. As indicated, the optimal setting is 128KB. Se-
lecting any other option may result in performance degradation. Even though 128KB
is the recommended setting for most users, you should choose the strip size value
which is best suited to your specific RAID usage model. The most typical strip size
settings are:
4KB: For specialized usage models requiring 4KB strips
8KB: For specialized usage models requiring 8KB strips
16KB: Best for sequential transfers
32KB: Good for sequential transfers
64KB: Good general purpose strip size
128KB: Best performance for most desktops and workstations 
						

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(3) Select Member Hard Drive(s)
Then select the member disk (the target disk) that you wish to use and then
click “--->” to move it to the Selected field. Then click Next to continue.
Please note that the existing data on the selected hard drive(s) will be deleted
permanently. Do not forget to back up all the important data before continuing. 
						

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Specify the amount of available array space to be used by the new RAID
volume. You may enter the amount in the space or use the slider to specify. It is
recommended you use 100% of the available space for the optimized usage. For
RAID 0 volume, if you do not specify 100% of the hard drive space, the rest hard
drive space will be worked as RAID 1 volume, which is the new technology called
Intel Matrix RAID. Then click Next to continue.(5) Start Creating RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard
Before you continue the procedure of RAID volume creation from existing
hard drive, read the dialogue box below carefully. Please note that once you click
Finish, the existing data on the selected hard drive(s) will be deleted permanently
and this operation cannot be undone. It is critical that you backup all important data
before selecting Finish to start the migration process.