MSI X79 RAID - Manuel (Page 2)

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IntelRAID
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IntelRAID
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Introduction
ThisappendixwillassistusersinconfiguringandenablingRAIDfunctionalityandac�
celeratingsystemonplatforms
ThemainboardcomeswiththeIntelRAIDcontrollerthatallowsyoutoconfigureSATA
harddrivesasRAIDsets�
Intel ® RAIDcontrolleroffersRAIDlevel0(Striping),RAIDlevel1(MirroringandDu�
plexing),RAIDlevel5(BlockInterleavedDistributedParity),RAIDlevel10(AStripeof
Mirrors)��
RAID0breaksthedataintoblockswhicharewrittentoseparateharddrives�Spread�
ingtheharddriveI/OloadacrossindependentchannelsgreatlyimprovesI/Operfor�
mance�
RAID1providesdataredundancybymirroringdatabetweentheharddrivesandpro�
videsenhancedreadperformance�
RAID5Providesdatastripingatthebytelevelandalsostripeerrorcorrectioninforma�
tion�Thisresultsinexcellentperformanceandgoodfaulttolerance�Level5isoneofthe
mostpopularimplementationsofRAID�
RAID10NotoneoftheoriginalRAIDlevels,multipleRAID1mirrorsarecreated,anda
RAID0stripeiscreatedoverthese�
Important
TheleastnumberofharddrivesforRAID0andRAID1istwo�Theleastnumberof
harddrivesforRAID10modeisfour�AndtheleastnumberofharddrivesforRAID5
modeisthree�
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tionsinthisappendix�