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Using the NVRAIDMAN Utility
NVIDIA RAID Striped 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
NVRAIDMAN Striped Array Information
NVIDIA RAID Mirrored-Stripe 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
NVRAIDMAN Stripe Mirroring Array Information
NVIDIA RAID Spanning (JBOD) 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
NVRAIDMAN Spanning Array Information