Serial ATA RAID Quick User’s Guide
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Step 1. Hardware Setup
Hard Drives setup
The 180 controller supports up to two Serial ATA hard drives and two
Parallel ATA hard drives.
Any combination to 2, 3 or 4 Hard disk would combine to a strip system.
HDD Population Rules for RAID 0 (Striping)
Ultra ATA (Master)
Ultra ATA (Slave)
Serial ATA (Master 1)
Serial ATA (Master 2)
1
V
V
X X
2
V
X
V
X
3
V
X X
V
4 X
V V
X
5 X
V
X
V
6 X
X
V
V
7
V V V
X
8
V V
X
V
9
V
X
V
V
10 X
V V V
11
V
V
V
V
V = Install; X = Uninstall
NOTE:
Storage Capacity: the number of hard drives times the capacity of the
smallest drive in the disk array
Working Speed: the speed of the lowest drive in the disk array
Any of 2 Hard Disk would make a mirror system.
HDD Population Rules for RAID 1 (Mirroring)
Ultra ATA (Master)
Ultra ATA (Slave)
Serial ATA (Master 1)
Serial ATA (Master 2)
1
V V
X X
2
V
X
V
X
