Toshiba Magnia Z500 - Manual (Page 179)

System Configuration Setup
Configuring MegaRAID IDE
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Maximizing Drive Performance
You can optimize drive performance by using striping. Select
RAID 0 or striping to configure an array for optimal performance.
Assigning RAID Levels
Only one RAID level can be assigned to each array. The drives
required per RAID level is:
Selecting a RAID Level
To ensure the best performance, you should select the optimal
RAID level when you create a system drive. The optimal RAID
level for your disk array depends on the following factors:
! Number of drives in the disk array
! Capacity of the drives in the disk array
! Need for data redundancy
! Disk performance requirements
RAID
Level
Minimum Number of
Physical Drives
Maximum Number of
Physical Drives
0 One Two
1 Two Two