Disk Option; Raid 0 Technology - HBM Genesis GEN5i User Manual

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Disk option

The GEN5i support several disk options each having a unique application
benefit.
(1) Speed limited by Instrument Control transfer speed; Max 50 MB/s for
systems shipped before January 2012.
(2) Speed limited by removable 2.5" RAID 0 hard disk.
(3) Speed limited by removable 2.5" single hard disk.
(4) Mulitple data disks can be ordered, but only used one at the time.
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RAID 0 technology

Most of the GEN5i disk options support RAID functionality. RAID is an
abreviations for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. RAID technology
exists in many different form each with their own specific usecase. Within this
manual only the GEN5i used RAID mode will be explained. More RAID
knowledge can be found on Wikipedia.
The GEN5i uses a 2 disk RAID 0 setup to increase the overall continuous
storage speed. RAID 0 does not offer any enhanced data security. If one of the
disks has a read error, the entire recorded data is lost.
WARNING
Make backup copies of your recorded data to prevent data loss due to
disk errors.
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