Eurocom D900F Panther Workstation - Manual (Page 149)

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Setting Up SATA RAID or AHCI Modes
AHCI Mode
Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows
the storage driver to enable advanced serial ATA features such as Native Command
Queuing (for maximum hard disk efficiency and performance). AHCI mode can be
supported by one, two or three hard disks.
RAID
You may use your identical (see sidebar) hard disks (if you have included more than
one hard disk in your purchase option) in combination with Striping (RAID 0), Mir-
roring (RAID 1) or Intel® Rapid Recover Technology (Recovery) for fault tolerance
and data recovery (see
Table 7 - 1, on page 7 - 36 ). To configure your system in
Striping (RAID 0) or Mirroring (RAID 1) modes you will require at least two hard
disks; to configure your system in Intel® Rapid Recover Technology (Recovery)
mode you will require two hard disks only installed.
Intel ® Matrix Storage Manager
Make sure you install the Intel Matrix driver and application if you have set up your
hard disk(s) in AHCI or RAID modes (see
“Intel® Matrix Driver Installation” on
page 7 - 42 ).
RAID Hard Disks
All hard disks in a RAID
should be identical (the
same size and brand) in
order to prevent unex-
pected system behavior.