Specifications

Chapter7.ConfiguringRAID
ThischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallharddiskdrivesandconfigureRedundantArrayof
IndependentDisks(RAID)foryourcomputer.Dependingonyourcomputermodel,RAIDcanbeenabledby
IntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterprise(RSTe)ortheLSIMegaRAIDBIOS.
Note:TheRAIDconfigurationinformationdescribedinthischapterisonlyapplicableintheWindows
environment.ForinformationaboutconfiguringRAIDintheLinuxenvironment,contactyourLinuxsoftware
provider.
Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutthefollowingtopics:
•“ConfiguringRAIDwithIntelRSTe”onpage61
•“QuickRAIDsetupusingtheLSIMegaRAIDBIOSconfigurationutility”onpage63
ConfiguringRAIDwithIntelRSTe
IfyourcomputercomeswithIntelRSTe,youcanfollowthesectionsbelowtoconfigureRAIDwithIntelRSTe.
Thissectionprovidesinformationaboutthefollowingtopics:
•“InstallingSATAorSASharddiskdrives”onpage61
•“ConfiguringSATAorSASRAIDfunctionalitywiththeIntelRSTeconfigurationutility”onpage62
InstallingSATAorSASharddiskdrives
EnsurethatyourcomputerhastheminimumnumberofSATAorSASharddiskdrivesinstalledforthe
followingsupportedlevelsofRAID:
•RAIDLevel0-Stripeddiskarray
–ARAIDLevel0harddiskdrivegroupconsistingofatleasttwoharddiskdrives
–Supportedstripsize:4KB,8KB,16KB,32KB,64KB,or128KB
–Betterperformancewithoutfaulttolerance
•RAIDLevel1-Mirroreddiskarray
–ARAIDLevel1harddiskdrivegroupconsistingoftwoharddiskdrives
–Improvedreadingperformanceand100%redundancy
•RAIDLevel10-Stripedandmirroreddiskarray(acombinationofRAIDLevel0andRAIDLevel1)
–ARAIDLevel10harddiskdrivegroupconsistingoffourharddiskdrives
–Supportedstripsize:4KB,8KB,16KB,32KB,or64KB
•RAIDLevel5-Block-levelstripeddiskarraywithdistributedparity
–ARAIDLevel5harddiskdrivegroupconsistingofatleastthreeharddiskdrives
–Supportedstripsize:4KB,8KB,16KB,32KB,or64KB
–Betterperformanceandfaulttolerance
Ensurethatoneofthefollowingharddiskdriveenablementmodulesisinstalledinyourcomputer:
•IfzerotofourSATAharddiskdrivesorsolid-statedrivesareinstalled,noharddiskdriveenablement
moduleisneeded.
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