Raid Introduction(For Ga-8Itxr Only) - Gigabyte GA-8ITX User Manual

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RAID Introduction(For GA-8ITXR Only)

What is RAID?
This motherboard implements two different types of RAID levels as follows:
RAID 0 (stripe)
For capacity -- The motherboard array will be as big as the smallest HDD in the array times however
many HDDs are in the array. Any larger HDDs will simply be truncated. The truncated space on
the bigger HDDs will then be unusable.
For sustained data transfers -- A RAID 0 array consisting of two HDDs will transfer at about twice the
speed of the slowest HDD in the array. A RAID 0 array consisting of four HDDs will transfer at about
three times the speed of the slowest HDD in the array.
RAID 1 (mirror)
For capacity - This Motherboard array will be as big as the smallest HDD in the array. The larger
HDD will simply be truncated. The truncated space on the bigger HDD will then be unusable.
For sustained data transfers -- This motherboard array will write data at the rate of the slowest HDD in
the array. This motherboard array will read data at twice the rate of the slowest HDD in the array.
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