User manual

APPENDIX
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primary boot device (or first in the boot device list)
Question 4:
What PCI slots are supported by the SATA RAID controllers?
Answer:
For all PCI-X SATA RAID controllers, install card in a 64-bit/133MHz
PCI-X for the best performance. It can also be used in 64-bit / 66
MHz slots, 32-bit/66MHz PCI slots as well as 32-bit/33MHz slots.
All PCI-X SATA RAID controllers can not work with 5V PCI slot.
Question 5:
What is the difference between RAID 6 and RAID 5?
Answer:
RAID 6 allows two drives to fail simultaneously without downtime
or data loss. However, RAID 5 only allows one drive to fail. RAID 6
thus provides a much higher level of fault tolerance than RAID 5. It
is a perfect solution when data is mission-critical.
Due to this higher level of protection, users can set up larger RAID
volumes, spanning up to 56 physical drives. With ARECA RAID 6
engine. RAID 6 and RAID 5 have similar performance in the SATA
RAID controller
Question 6:
What products support RAID 6?
Answer:
RAID 6 is available with controller model with RAID 6 engine in-
stalled
Question 7:
What operating systems are supported?
Answer:
The SATA RAID controllers support Microsoft® Windows® Server
2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Red Hat Linux, SuSE Linux, and
FreeBSD. For specific OS versions, see www.areca.com.tw for more
information.