Setting Up Raid; Raid Definitions - Asus 1U Rackmount Barebone Server RS120-E3 (PA4) User Manual

6.1

Setting up RAID

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utilities support SATA hard disk drives and allow creation of RAID 0, RAID 1,
RAID 0+1, or software RAID 5 (Intel
configuration.
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RAID definitions

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R A I D 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and R A I D 0 R A I D 0
R A I D 0 R A I D 0
write data in parallel, interleaved stacks. Two hard disks perform the same
work as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate, double that of a
single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. Use of two new
identical hard disk drives is required for this setup.
RAID 1 RAID 1 RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies and maintains an identical image of data from
RAID 1 RAID 1
one drive to a second drive. If one drive fails, the disk array management software
directs all applications to the surviving drive as it contains a complete copy of
the data in the other drive. This RAID configuration provides data protection and
increases fault tolerance to the entire system. Use two new drives or use an
existing drive and a new drive for this setup. The new drive must be of the same
size or larger than the existing drive.
R A I D 5 R A I D 5
R A I D 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more hard R A I D 5 R A I D 5
disk drives. Among the advantages of RAID 5 configuration include better
HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. The RAID 5
configuration is best suited for transaction processing, relational database
applications, enterprise resource planning, and other business systems. Use
a minimum of three identical hard disk drives for this setup.
R A I D 0 + 1 ( R A I D 1 0 ) is data striping and data mirroring combined without R A I D 0 + 1 ( R A I D 1 0 ) R A I D 0 + 1 ( R A I D 1 0 )
R A I D 0 + 1 ( R A I D 1 0 ) R A I D 0 + 1 ( R A I D 1 0 )
parity (redundancy data) having to be calculated and written. With the RAID
0+1 configuration you get all the benefits of both RAID 0 and RAID 1
configurations. Use four new hard disk drives or use an existing drive and
three new drives for this setup.
J B O D J B O D (Spanning) stands for J u s t a B u n c h o f D i s k s J B O D
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disk drives that are not yet configured as a RAID set. This configuration stores
the same data redundantly on multiple disks that appear as a single disk on
the operating system. Spanning does not deliver any advantage over using
separate disks independently and does not provide fault tolerance or other
RAID performance benefits.
If you want to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in a created
RAID set, copy first the RAID driver from the support CD to a floppy disk
before you install an operating system to the selected hard disk drive.
Refer to Chapter 7 for details.
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