RAID Configuration
nVidia RAID Features
The nVidia RAID solution uses the nForce4 series chip as a RAID controller, which is a
•Support four
•Supports hard disk drive larger than 137 GB
•Supports RAID 0, 1, JBOD, 0+1
•Free Disk and Dedicated Spare Disk
A Free Disk or Dedicated Disk can be automatically used in case one drive of a mirrored array fails. A free disk can be used by any available mirrored array, while a dedicated disk can be used only by the array to which it is assigned.
•Bootable RAID
NVRAID can be configured in a way to make it bootable. For example, two hard drives can be configured as a bootable mirrored RAID array.
•RAID on Multiple Disk Controllers
Unlike other RAID solutions that limits the user to a dedicated RAID controller, NVRAID software can use a drive on one RAID controller and another drive on a second RAID controller.
•Disk Alert system
Disk Alert system informs user when a disk fails, indicating the location of failed port.
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