RAID5 SATA II – 3Gbps External Dual Ports PCI-Express Host (Raid 5, 0, 1,10 & JBOD)
RC-223 User Manual
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Independent Link, Transport, and data FIFO.
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Independent command fetch, scatter/gather, and command execution.
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Supports Legacy Command Queuing (LCQ).
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Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ).
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Supports Non-zero offsets NCQ.
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Supports Out of order data delivery NCQ.
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Supports FIS-based switching with Port Multipliers.
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31 Commands and Scatter/Gather Tables per Port.
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Two Pin headers on board for LED connection.
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Completely with drivers for Windows Vista, 2000, XP and Server 2003.
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Provides RAID 0 (Stripping) to greatly increase the performance of data transfer
by simultaneously writing data to 2 drives.
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Provides RAID 1 (Mirroring) to protect the data from a disk failure by writing
identical data on 2 drives.
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RAID 0+1 (Mirrored-Stripping) combine both Striping and Mirroring technologies to
provide both the performance enhancements that come from Striping and the data
availability and integrity that comes from Mirroring.
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Raid 5 requires Port Multiplier and 3
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Drive
1.2. Package Contents
RAID5 SATA II – 3Gbps 2Ports PCI Express Host Adapter
Users Manual
Driver CD
2. What Is RAID
RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks
RAID technology manages multiple disk drives to enhance I/O performance and provide
redundancy in order to withstand the failure of any individual member, without loss of
data.
