IEI Technology PCIE-690AM2, User Manual

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E.1 Introduction
The AMD SB600 SATA RAID control can control serial ATA (SATA) disks and increase
the data read/write speed and provide protection to data by distributing mirrored
duplicates of data onto two disk drives (RAID 1).
CAUTION!
A configured RAID volume (which may consist of multiple hard drives)
appears to an operating system as a contingent storage space. The
operating system will not be able to distinguish the physical disk drives
contained in a RAID configuration.
E.1.1 Precautions
One key benefit a RAID configuration brings is that a single hard drive can fail within a
RAID array without damaging data. With RAID 1 array, a failed drive can be replaced and
the RAID configuration restored.
WARNING!
Irrecoverable data loss occurs if a working drive is removed when
trying to remove a failed drive. It is strongly recommended to mark the
physical connections of all SATA disk drives. Drive locations can be
identified by attaching stickers to the drive bays. If a drive member of a
RAID array should fail, the failed drive can then be correctly identified.