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6.1 Setting up RAID
The Intel ® ICH7R Southbridge chip comes with the L S I L o g i c E m b e d d e d L S I L o g i c E m b e d d e d L S I L o g i c E m b e d d e d L S I L o g i c E m b e d d e d L S I L o g i c E m b e d d e d
S A T A R A I D U t i l i t y S A T A R A I D U t i l i t y S A T A R A I D U t i l i t y S A T A R A I D U t i l i t y S A T A R A I D U t i l i t y and the I n t e l I n t e l I n t e l I n t e l I n t e l ® ® ® ® ® M a t r i x S t o r a g e M a n a g e r M a t r i x S t o r a g e M a n a g e r M a t r i x S t o r a g e M a n a g e r M a t r i x S t o r a g e M a n a g e r M a t r i x S t o r a g e M a n a g e r. These
utilities support SATA hard disk drives and allow creation of RAID 0, RAID 1,
RAID 0+1, or software RAID 5 (Intel
® Matrix Storage Manager only)
configuration.
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R A I D 0 R A I D 0 R A I D 0 R A I D 0 R A I D 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and
write data in parallel, interleaved stacks. Two hard disks perform the same
work as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate, double that of
a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. Use of two
new identical hard disk drives is required for this setup.
RAID 1 RAID 1 RAID 1 RAID 1 RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies and maintains an identical image of data from
one drive to a second drive. If one drive fails, the disk array management
software directs all applications to the surviving drive as it contains a
complete copy of the data in the other drive. This RAID configuration provides
data protection and increases fault tolerance to the entire system. Use two
new drives or use an existing drive and a new drive for this setup. The new
drive must be of the same size or larger than the existing drive.
R A I D 5 R A I D 5 R A I D 5 R A I D 5 R A I D 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more hard
disk drives. Among the advantages of RAID 5 configuration include better
HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. The RAID 5
configuration is best suited for transaction processing, relational database
applications, enterprise resource planning, and other business systems.
Use a minimum of three identical hard disk drives for this setup.
R A I D 0 + 1 ( R A I D 1 0 ) R A I D 0 + 1 ( R A I D 1 0 ) R A I D 0 + 1 ( R A I D 1 0 ) R A I D 0 + 1 ( R A I D 1 0 ) R A I D 0 + 1 ( R A I D 1 0 ) is data striping and data mirroring combined
without parity (redundancy data) having to be calculated and written. With
the RAID 0+1 configuration you get all the benefits of both RAID 0 and
RAID 1 configurations. Use four new hard disk drives or use an existing
drive and three new drives for this setup.
J B O D J B O D J B O D J B O D J B O D (Spanning) stands for J u s t a B u n c h o f D i s k s J u s t a B u n c h o f D i s k s J u s t a B u n c h o f D i s k s J u s t a B u n c h o f D i s k s J u s t a B u n c h o f D i s k s and refers to hard
disk drives that are not yet configured as a RAID set. This configuration
stores the same data redundantly on multiple disks that appear as a single
disk on the operating system. Spanning does not deliver any advantage
over using separate disks independently and does not provide fault
tolerance or other RAID performance benefits.
If you want to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in a
created RAID set, copy first the RAID driver from the support CD to a
floppy disk before you install an operating system to the selected hard
disk drive. Refer to Chapter 7 for details.