Intel Matrix Storage Manager User's Manual

Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Feature Overview

2 Intel® Matrix Storage

Manager Feature Overview

The Intel® Matrix Storage Manager software package provides high-performance Serial ATA

and Serial ATA RAID capabilities in Windows* XP, Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003,

Windows XP x64 Edition, and Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition. It was previously known by

the names “Intel® Application Accelerator RAID Edition” and “Intel® Application Accelerator

4.x”.

The key features of the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager are as follows and are discussed in more

detail in the following sections:

x RAID 0

x RAID 1

x RAID 5

x RAID 10

x Matrix RAID

x RAID migration

x Advanced Host Controller Interface support

2.1 RAID 0 (Striping)

RAID 0 uses the read/write capabilities of two or more hard drives working in unison to

maximize the storage performance of a computer system.

Table 1 provides an overview of the advantages, the level of fault-tolerance provided, and the

typical usage of RAID 0.

Hard Drives

Required:

2-6

Advantage:

Highest transfer rates

Fault-tolerance:

None – if one disk fails all data will be lost

Application:

Typically used in desktops and workstations for maximum performance for temporary

data and high I/O rate. 2-drive RAID 0 available in specific mobile configurations.

Table 1. RAID 0

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