4MediaShield User’s Guide – Version 4.0
CHAPTER 1
About NVIDIA® MediaShield™
RAID Arrays
This section describes the following types of RAID arrays that MediaShield supports:
•RAID 0
RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves the disk read and write times for
many applications.
•RAID 1
RAID 1 defines techniques for mirroring data.
•RAID 0+1
RAID 0+1 combines the techniques used in RAID 0 and RAID 1 arrays.
•RAID 5 1
RAID 5 provides fault tolerance and better utilization of disk capacity.
•JBOD
JBOD provides a method for combining drives of different sizes into one large disk.
Note: Not all nForce platforms provide support for all the RAID levels listed.
1. RAID 5 is supported on select boards only. Please check with your motherboard manufacturer to deter-
mine whether RAID 5 is supported for the type and model of your motherboard.