Raid Setup - Schenker a522 User Manual

RAID Setup

You may use your hard disks in combination with Striping
(RAID 0), Mirroring (RAID 1), or Recovery for either
fault tolerance or performance.
RAID Level
Identical drives reading and writing data in paral-
lel to increase performance. RAID 0 imple-
RAID 0
ments a striped disk array and the data is broken
into blocks and each block is written to a sepa-
(at lease two
rate disk drive.
hard disks
RAID 0 (a striped array) is not fault-tolerant. The
needed)
failure of one drive will result in the loss of all
data in the array.
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
RAID 1
contains identical data) will handle all the data.
When a new replacement drive is installed, data
(at lease two
to the new drive is rebuilt from the mirrored drive
hard disks
to restore fault tolerance.
needed)
RAID 1 (mirrored array) provides full data pro-
tection, as data can simply be copied from a
healthy disk to a replacement for any failed disk.
Two identical drives copying data between a
Recovery
master and a recovery disk. This provides more
control over how data is copied between the
(at lease two
master and recovery drives, fast volume
hard disks
updates and the ability to view the data in Win-
needed)
dows Explorer.
Table 2 - RAID Description
Description
Prepare the following before setting up your serial ATA
hard disks in RAID mode:
• The Microsoft Windows 7 OS disc.
• The Device Drivers & Utilities + User's Manual disc.
Note: All hard disks in a RAID should be identical (the
same size and brand) in order to prevent unexpected sys-
tem behavior.
RAID Setup Procedure
Part I: BIOS
1. Start-up your computer and press F2 to enter the BIOS.
2. Go to the Advanced menu, select SATA Mode and press
Enter.
3. Select RAID Mode.
4. Press Esc and go to the Boot menu.
5. Set the CD/DVD-ROM Drive (make sure the Microsoft
Windows OS disc is inserted) as the first device in the boot
order from the Boot menu.
6. Select Save Changes and Reset from the Exit menu (or press
F4) and press Enter to exit the BIOS and reboot the computer.
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