Siiicon 3114 sata raid (optional), Raid user’s guide, Introduction – Foxconn 925XE7AA-8EKRS2-RAID User Manual

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RAID User’s Guide

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SiIicon 3114 SATA RAID (optional)

1. Introduction

Silicon Image’s SATARAID5

TM

software provides Serial ATA RAID 0 (Striping), RAID

1 (Mirroring), RAID 5 (Parity RAID), RAID 10 (Striping and Mirroring), and JBOD

(just a bunch of disks) functionality to enhance the industry’s leading PCI-to-SATA

host controller products. Two major challenges facing the storage industry today

are keeping pace with the increasing performance demands of computer sys-

tems by improving disk I/O throughput and providing data accessibility in the face

of hard disk failures while utilizing full disk capacity. With SiIicon Image Serial ATA

host controller and SATARAID5, both of these problems are solved.

SATARAID5 software provides a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for easy-to-use

configurations of the RAID Groups.

2. SATARAID5 Features

RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and JBOD

Hot Spare and On-line Rebuilding

• System GUI Monitoring Utility:

- Displays/Logs/Alerts Users to Vital RAID Set Information

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Manages RAID Group Functions (configures, rebuilds, etc.)

Supports the ability to partition and map a segment of disk to a virtual LUN or

disk

• HDDs Function Normally When Not in RAID Sets

Adjustable Stripe Size for RAID 0, RAID 5, and RAID 10

Automatically Selects Highest Available Transfer Speed for All SATA Devices

• Supports:

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Data transfer rate up to 150MB/Sec (SiI3114, SiI3124-1), and 300MB/Sec

(SiI3124-2)

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Up to 4 SATA devices connected to a single controller.

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ACPI, SATA 1.0 (SiI3114, Sii3124-1), and SATA 2.0 (SiI3124-2)

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