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Using the NVIDIA MediaShield RAID Management Utility
Striped RAID Array
Figure 3.3 shows an example of a two hard drive striped array using identical 34.48 GB
SATA hard drives (WD360GB), where one drive is configured as Primary and the other
drive is configured as Secondary. The total disk space used is 68.95GB.
Figure 3.3
MediaShield Striped Array Information
Mirrored-Stripe RAID Array
Figure 3.4 shows an example of a four hard drive mirrored-stripe array. The total disk
space used is 68.95 GB.
The total storage space is 68.95 GB because the two upper drives (the drives with the 34.48
GB size) are first striped, and then they are mirrored onto the 69.25 GB drives.
Figure 3.4
MediaShield Stripe Mirroring Array Information
Spanning (JBOD) RAID Array
Figure 3.5 shows an example of a two hard drive spanning array. The total disk space
used is 68.95 GB.
Figure 3.5
MediaShield Spanning Array Information