Lindy ATA-133 User Manual page 3

fault tolerance. With modern SATA bus mastering technology, multiple I/O
operations can be done in parallel, enhancing performance. Striping arrays
use multiple disks to form a larger virtual disk.
Disk Mirroring (RAID 1)
Disk mirroring creates an identical twin for a selected disk by having the data
simultaneously written to two disks. This redundancy provides instantaneous
protection from a single disk failure. If a read failure occurs on one drive, the
system reads the data from the other drive.
Mirrored-Striping (RAID 0+1 also known as RAID 10)
A Mirrored-Striping Set does just what it says, combining both Striping and
Mirroring technologies to provide both the performance enhancements that
come from Striping and the data availability and integrity that comes from
Mirroring. When data is written to a Mirrored-Striped Set, instead of creating
just one virtual disk as Striping would do, a second, Mirrored virtual disk is
created as well.
3. BIOS Installation ( RAID Setting )
Creating and deleting RAID sets is a function found in the BIOS. During boot
up, the RAID setting message will appear and pause for a few moments to
allow the user to choose what to do. This board will act as normal NON-RAID
card when BIOS not configured for RAID. Just proceed to Software Installation
section directly. If you use traditional parallel ATA HDD, make sure your hard
drives be set up as master mode before the RAID setting.
3.1. Creating Striped Sets (RAID 0)
1. As the BIOS boots, press F3 to enter the raid bios utility.
2. Select Create RAID set. Press F2.
3. Select Create Striped Set press F1.
4. Select Auto config. Press A.
5. Press 2 and then press Y to ESC exit the setup.
6. Continue with conventional Fdisk and Format steps as if you are installing
a conventional hard drive.
7. Your RAID configuration is complete. Please proceed to software installation
section.
3.2. Creating Mirrored Sets (RAID 1)
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