Asus P5W - Manual (Page 21)

ASUS P5W 1-5
Multi-RAID solution
Onboard RAID controllers provide the motherboard with multiple RAID functionality
that allows you to select the best RAID solution using Serial ATA devices.
• ASUS EZ-Backup. Enabled by Silicon Image’s SiI4723 controller, ASUS
EZ-Backup provides ready-to-go hardware RAID for plug-and play RAID 1 and
easy-to-configure RAID 0 sets of two hard disk drives
• Intel ® ICH7R Southbridge RAID provides RAID level 5 support for three or
more hard disk drives.
• Cross-RAID allows you to build a RAID 10 set through a cross-configuration of
ASUS EZ-Backup and Intel ® ICH7R.
• JMicron ® RAID. Enabled by JMicron ® JMB363 controller, JMicron ® RAID
extends the advantages of software RAID beyond internal hard disk drives to
an external disk or external, port-multiplier enabled enclosure.
Refer to Chapter 5 for details on how to configure RAID.
Dual Gigabit LAN solution
The motherboard comes with dual Gigabit LAN controllers to provide the total
solution for your networking needs. These network controllers use the PCI Express
segment to provide faster data bandwidth for your wired or wireless Internet, LAN,
and file sharing requirements. See page 2-28 for details.