Content, Welcome, Introduction to raid – Rosewill HDD RAID RSV-S4-X User Manual
Page 3: Installation
4 Bay SATA to eSATA 3.5” HDD RAID Storage System
RSV-S4-X
User Manual
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Content
1
WELCOME....................................................................................................................6
1.1
PRECAUTION ................................................................................................................................................6
1.2
FEATURES .....................................................................................................................................................7
1.2.1
DATA
SECURITY............................................................................................................................................................................ 7
1.2.2
DATA
PERFORMANCE ................................................................................................................................................................. 7
1.2.3
DATA
VERSATILITY....................................................................................................................................................................... 7
1.3
EASE
OF
USE.................................................................................................................................................7
1.4
SPECIFICATIONS .........................................................................................................................................8
1.5
SUPPORTED
OPERATING
SYSTEMS .....................................................................................................8
1.6
PRODUCT
CONTENTS................................................................................................................................9
2
INTRODUCTION TO RAID......................................................................................10
2.1
RAID
VOLUMES ..........................................................................................................................................10
2.2
SEGMENTING
DISKS ................................................................................................................................10
2.3
RAID
LEVELS...............................................................................................................................................11
2.3.1
DISK
STRIPING
(RAID
0)............................................................................................................................................................. 11
2.3.2
DISK
MIRRORING
(RAID
1) ........................................................................................................................................................ 12
2.3.3
DISK
MIRRORING
AND
STRIPING
(RAID
10) .......................................................................................................................... 12
2.3.4
PARITY
RAID
(RAID
5) ................................................................................................................................................................. 13
2.3.5
CONCATENATION ...................................................................................................................................................................... 13
2.3.6
SINGLE
DRIVE
/
SEGMENT........................................................................................................................................................ 14
2.4
RAID
VOLUME
STATUS ............................................................................................................................14
3
INSTALLATION..........................................................................................................15
3.1
COMPONENTS............................................................................................................................................15
3.2
INSTALLING
HARDWARE ........................................................................................................................15
3.3
INSTALLING
ON
WINDOWS
2000...........................................................................................................15
3.3.1
INSTALLING
SATA
RAID
HOST
BUS
ADAPTER ..................................................................................................................... 15