Acer Aspire 9800 Intel Matrix RAID User's Guide

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  • Acer Aspire 9800 | Intel Matrix RAID User's Guide - Page 1
    use, benefits include enhanced data integrity (backup), better throughput (speed) or increased storage (capacity), compared to single drives. Your Acer computer with two Serial ATA hard disk drives supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and Intel Matrix RAID. RAID 0 RAID 0 (also known as a striped set) splits data
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    a high amount of disk usage, such as those involved in intensive database work. It is also a popular choice for gaming systems where performance is desired. However, since data is shared between drives without redundancy, hard drives cannot be swapped out as all disks are dependent upon each other
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    You primarily use your computer for games and entertainment • You have many large video or graphics files When to use RAID 1 • You work with important data that must be protected • You primarily use your computer for work-related applications When to use Matrix RAID • You use your computer for both
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    . 2 If you plan to use a hot-swappable hard disk drive to enable RAID (via the Acer MediaBay), contact an Acer Customer Service Center to make sure that you are using a compatible hot-swappable hard disk drive. Do not remove your hot-swappable hard disk drive while enabling RAID on your system. 3 If
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    change how your hard disk drives are ordered, and Acer eRecovery Management may not function properly if your system does not have the needed drive ordering. 8 You cannot use Acer eRecovery Management to revert your system to a non-RAID configuration after enabling RAID. 9 The HDD password feature
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    application and RAID BIOS software from the included CDs following the instructions provided. 2 Run the Intel Matrix Storage Console from Start > Programs > Intel Matrix Storage Manager. 3 Select Advanced from the View menu. This will display a list of the hard disk drives installed on your system
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    option ROM. Press Ctrl-I to enter this program when booting up your system. Otherwise, wait or press ESC to continue your normal boot process. Warning: Acer is not responsible for the loss of data resulting from the misuse of the Intel Matrix Storage Manager option ROM. To view or create a RAID
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English
Using RAID
What is RAID?
RAID stands for
Redundant Array of Independent Disks
, a system in
which multiple hard disk drives share or replicate data among the drives.
Depending on the version of RAID you choose to use, benefits include
enhanced data integrity (
backup
), better throughput (
speed
) or
increased storage (
capacity
), compared to single drives.
Your
Acer computer
with
two Serial ATA hard disk drives
supports
RAID
0
,
RAID 1
and
Intel Matrix RAID
.
RAID 0
RAID 0
(also known as a striped set) splits data evenly across two or
more disks with no parity information for redundancy. RAID 0 is
normally used to increase performance, although it can also be used as a
way to create a small number of large virtual disks out of a large
number of small physical ones. A RAID 0 can be created with disks of
differing sizes, but the storage space added to the array by each disk is
limited to the size of the smallest disk — for example, if a 120 GB disk is
striped together with a 100 GB disk, the size of the array will be 200 GB.