System Installation
3.3.6 RAID
Device
Drivers Support
Please find Intel ICH8M-E driver of WADE-8066 CD-title. The drivers support Vista /
Vista x32 / Vista x64 / WindowXP System.
Installing Serial ATA hard disks
The WADE-8066 supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. For optimal performance,
install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a disk array.
To install the SATA hard disks for a RAID configuration:
1. Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays.
2. Connect the SATA signal cables.
3. Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on each drive.
Intel RAID configurations
This WADE-8066 supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and Intel® Matrix Storage configurations
for Serial ATA hard disks drives through the Intel ICH8M-E Southbridge chip.
RAID configurations
RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write
data in parallel, interleaved stacks. Two hard disks perform the same work as a single
drive but at a sustained data transfer rate, double that of a single disk alone, thus
improving data access and storage. Use of two new identical hard disk drives is
required for this setup.
WADE-8066 User’s Manual
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