Intel Desktop Board DG45FC Product Guide

Desktop Board Features

Serial ATA

The Desktop Board supports five Serial ATA channels (3.0 Gb/s) via ICH10R,

connecting one device per channel. One channel is configured as an eSATA channel.

Serial ATA RAID

The ICH10R supports Intel

Matrix Storage Technology which enables the following

RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Drives) levels:

• RAID 0 - data striping

• RAID 1 - data mirroring

• RAID 0+1 (or RAID 10) - data striping and mirroring

• RAID 5 - distributed parity

For information on configuring your system for RAID using Intel Matrix Storage

Technology see Chapter 4.

Intel

Rapid Recover Technology (Intel

RRT)

The Desktop Board incorporates Intel Rapid Recover Technology which enables fast

and easy recovery of your data in the event of a hard drive failure. It allows you to

maintain a complete copy of your primary or master drive onto a second hard drive,

the recovery drive. If the master hard drive should fail, either from a mechanical

failure or the result of a virus, recovery is as simple as booting from the recovery

drive. The recovery drive can be attached to your system via any standard SATA or

eSATA connection.

Intel Rapid Recover Technology also provides the added benefit of allowing the

recovery drive to be mounted as a read-only volume so you can quickly copy files from

the recovery drive when individual files need to be recovered.

For information on configuring your system for Intel Rapid Recover Technology see

Chapter 5.

Expandability

For system expansion, the Desktop Board provides one PCI Express 1.1 x1 connector.