Biostar IDEQ 330P, Supplementary Manual

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NVIDIA RAID
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Operation System:
Windows XP home Edition
Windows XP Professional Edition
Windows 2000 Professiona
RAID Arrays:
NVRAID supports the following types of RAID arrays:
RAID 0:
RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves disk read and writes times for many
applications.
RAID 1:
RAID 1 defines techniques for mirroring data.
Spanning (JBOD):
JBOD provides a method for combining drives of different sizes in to one large disk.
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How RAID Works:
RAID 0:
The controller “stripes” data across multiple drives in a RAID 0 array system. It breaks up a large
file into smaller blocks and performs disk reads and writes across multiple drives in parallel. The
size of each block is determined by the strip size parameter, which you set during the creation of
the RAID set based on the system environment.
This technique reduces overall disk access time and offers high bandwidth.
Features and Benefits
Drives: Minimum 1, and maximum is up to 6 or 8. Depending on the platform.
Uses: Intended for non-critical data requiring high data throughput, or any
environment that does not require fault tolerance.
Benefits: provides increased data throughput, especially for large files. No capacity
loss penalty for parity.
Drawbacks: Does not deliver any fault tolerance. If any drive in the array fails,
all data is lost.
Fault Tolerance: No.
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