Internal Hard Disk Drives; Raid Configuration - NEC Express5800 Configuration Manual

CONFIGURATION GUIDE

4 Internal Hard Disk Drives

4.1

RAID Configuration

Refer to the section in accordance with your disk form factor and RAID configuration.
4.1.1 2.5-inch Drive Model
Up to six 2.5-inch Drives
Non-RAID
RAID 0/1/10
RAID 5/6/50/60
Up to eight 2.5-inch Drives
RAID 0/1/10
RAID 5/6/50/60
NOTE:
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Up to four hard drives can be installed in the Embedded SATA configuration.
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Embedded SATA RAID controller is supported only on Windows operating systems. An optional RAID
controller is required to configure RAID array for other operating systems.
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Hot plug insertion/removal are not supported in the Embedded SATA non-RAID controller.
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All drives within a RAID array should be of the same type, capacity and rotation speed.
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Use the same rotational speed of the SAS hard drives.
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To configure a large-capacity RAID array, it is recommended to configure in RAID 6 or RAID 60 in
order to minimize the risk of becoming multiple hard drives failure during the RAID rebuilding process.
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Up to two different kinds of drives can be mixed in one system
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For optional RAID controller driver to install Windows Server 2003 R2, download from the NEC
website at:
http://www.nec.com/en/global/prod/express/download/index.html
NEC Corporation
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NEC Express5800/R120d-1E
Embedded SATA
RAID Controller
Optional RAID
Controller
Revision 7.0 – October 25, 2013
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512 MB Cache
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1 GB Cache/
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Battery
1 GB Cache/
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CacheVault
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512 MB Cache Refer to
1 GB Cache/
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Battery
1 GB Cache/
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CacheVault
Available Interface
4.2.1
SATA
4.2.2
SATA
4.2.3
SAS, SATA
4.2.4
SAS, SATA
4.2.5
SAS, SATA
4.2.6
SAS, SATA
Available Interface
4.2.7
SAS, SATA
4.2.8
SAS, SATA
4.2.9
SAS, SATA
4.2.10 SAS, SATA
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