Eurocom D900K F-Bomb - Manual (Page 121)

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RAID Setup 7 - 21
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RAID Setup
If your purchase includes the RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)
option, then see the instructions on the following pages for an introduction to
configuring your hard disk(s) in RAID mode, This will allow you to use your
hard disks in combination with Striping (RAID 0) or Mirroring (RAID 1)
for fault tolerance and performance. Configure the RAID as follows:
1. Setup the serial hard disks in the computer (this may have already been
done for you, or see
“Upgrading the Hard Disk Drive(s)” on page 6 - 4 ).
2. Create a RAID Driver Diskette (from the drivers contained on the Device
Drivers & Utilities + User’s Manual CD-ROM).
3. Enable the RAID option in the BIOS.
4. Create the array from the SATA RAID BIOS Utility.
5. Install the Windows XP operating system.
RAID Level Description
RAID 0
Identical drives reading and writing data in parallel to increase performance.
RAID 0 implements a striped disk array and the data is broken into blocks and
each block is written to a separate disk drive.
RAID 1
Identical drives in a mirrored configuration used to protect data. Should a drive
that is part of a mirrored array fail, the mirrored drive (which contains identical
data) will handle all the data. When a new replacement drive is installed, data
to the new drive is rebuilt from the mirrored drive to restore fault tolerance.
Table 7 - 1
RAID Levels