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5.1RAID configurations
The motherboard comes with the AMD® SB950 chipset that allows you to configure Serial ATA hard disk drives as RAID sets. The motherboard supports the following RAID configurations: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10.
•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 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 5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk for details.
5.1.1RAID definitions
RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in |
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parallel, interleaved stacks. Two hard disks perform the same work as a single drive but at a |
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sustained data transfer rate, double that of a single disk alone, thus improving data access |
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and storage. Use of two new identical hard disk drives is required for this setup. |
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RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies and maintains an identical image of data from one drive to |
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a second drive. If one drive fails, the disk array management software directs all applications |
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to the surviving drive as it contains a complete copy of the data in the other drive. This RAID |
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configuration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to the entire system. Use |
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two new drives or use an existing drive and a new drive for this setup. The new drive must be |
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of the same size or larger than the existing drive. |
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RAID 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives. Among |
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the advantages of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and |
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higher storage capacity. The RAID 5 configuration is best suited for transaction processing, |
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relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other business systems. |
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Use a minimum of three identical hard disk drives for this setup. |
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RAID 10 is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having |
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to be calculated and written. With the RAID 10 configuration you get all the benefits of both |
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