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Configuring your onboard RAID solutions
Your server comes equipped with an onboard chipset for SATA RAID and SCSI RAID
solutions, which support RAID levels 0 (striping) and 1 (mirroring). The onboard RAID
solutions can be enabled in the BIOS (SATA -
by launching the appropriate RAID BIOS console during the boot process.
Configuring the onboard SATA RAID solution
Level
Description and use
0
Data divided into blocks and
distributed sequentially (pure
striping). Use for non-critical data
that requires high performance
1
Data duplicated on another disk
(mirroring). Use for
read-intensive, fault-tolerant
systems.
To launch the SATA RAID BIOS console:
1
Restart your server.
2
Press F2 when the Gateway logo screen appears during startup. The BIOS Setup utility
opens.
3
From the
Main
4
Select the
IDE Configuration
5
For the
Configure S-ATA as RAID
6
Exit the BIOS Setup utility.
7
Restart your server.
8
During the boot process you will see the following message:
Press <Ctrl>-<E> for BIOS Console
Press and hold the C
Pros
High data
throughput for
large files
100 percent
data
redundancy,
providing fault
tolerance.
BIOS menu, select the
sub-menu.
option, click
key, then press the E key. The RAID BIOS console will open.
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Configuring your onboard RAID solutions
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and SCSI -
Cons
No fault tolerance.
Data is lost if a drive
fails.
More disk space
required. Reduces
usable disk space
to the size of the
smallest drive.
Reduced
performance during
rebuilds.
menu.
Advanced
.
Enabled
page
187) and configured
Number of
Fault
drives
Tolerant
One or two
No
(on this
server)
Two
Yes
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