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RAID Configuration and Management
This chapter provides an overview of the Integrated ATA RAID
Configuration Utility that comes standard with ATA models of the ProLiant ML310
server.
Introduction to RAID
Overview of RAID
Redundant array of independent drives (RAID) is an array of multiple independent
hard drives that can be accessed simultaneously, improving I/O (input/output)
performance. The RAID array is recognized by the host computer as a single storage
unit or as multiple logical units. Data loss, because of a drive failure, can be
prevented for RAID 1 and RAID 1+0 by reconstructing missing data from the
remaining data drives.
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