Foxconn NF4SLI7AA-8EKRS2 Raid manual - Manual (Page 24)

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SiIicon 3132 SATA RAID (optional)
1. Introduction
Silicon Image’s SATARaid TM provides Serial ATA Software RAID including Strip-
ing and Mirroring to enhance the industry’s first proven PCI-to-SATA host con-
troller product. Two major challenges facing the storage industry today are keep-
ing pace with the increasing performance demands of computer systems by
improving disk I/O throughput and providing data accessibility in the face of
hard disk failures. With the SiI 3132 Serial ATA host controller and SATARaid,
both of these problems are solved.
RAID Striping greatly improves hard disk I/O performance by concurrently Strip-
ing data across multiple drives. RAID Mirroring enables users to enjoy the
confidence of data availability regardless of a single disk failure as data is
simultaneously written to two drives.
Standard with SATARaid software is a Graphical User Interface (GUI) that pro-
vides easy-to-use configurations for the different RAID Sets supported.
2. Creating and Deleting RAID Sets (SATA_5/SATA_6)
Creating and deleting RAID sets is a function found in the Raid Configuration
Utility - Silicon Image . During booting up, the following message will appear,
pausing for a few moments to allow the user to choose what to do:
Press <Ctrl+S> or F4 to enter RAID utility
An easy-to-use screen will appear with the following choices in the top left:
Create RAID Set
Delete RAID Set
Rebuild RAID Set
Resolve Conflicts
Low Level Format
Logical Drive Info
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