Introduction; Precautions - IEI Technology SPCIE-3600AM2 User Manual

7.1 Introduction

The SATA RAID can control serial ATA (SATA) disks. The SATA RAID is a cost-effective
RAID functionality that can increase the data read/write speed and provide protection to
data by distributing mirrored duplicates of data onto two or more disk drives.
CAUTION:
A configured RAID volume (which may consist of multiple hard drives)
appears to an operating system as a contingent storage space. The
operating system will not be able to distinguish the physical disk drives
contained in a RAID configuration.

7.2 Precautions

In a RAID system if a single hard drive fails within a RAID array, the failed drive can be
replaced and the RAID configuration restored.
WARNING:
Irrecoverable data loss occurs if a working drive is removed when
trying to remove a failed drive. It is strongly recommended to mark the
physical connections of all SATA disk drives. Drive locations can be
identified by attaching stickers to the drive bays. If a drive member of a
RAID array should fail, the failed drive can then be correctly identified.
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