Dell Precision T3400 User's Guide - Page 47

serial ATA RAID configured for RAID level 10 segment 1 segment 2 segment 3 segment 4 segment 5 segment 6 hard drive 1 segment 1 striped across 4 drives segment 2 striped across 4 drives segment 3 striped across 4 drives segment 4 striped across 4 drives segment 5 striped across 4 drives segment 6 striped across 4 drives hard drives 2, 3, and 4 If a drive failure occurs, subsequent read and write operations are directed to the surviving drives. A replacement drive can then be rebuilt using the data from the surviving drives. NOTE: In a RAID level 10 configuration, the size of the configuration is equal to the size of the smallest drive in the configuration multiplied by two. Configuring Your Computer for RAID At some point you may want to configure your computer for RAID if you did not select a RAID configuration when you purchased your computer. You must have at least two hard drives installed in your computer to set up a RAID configuration. For instructions on how to install a hard drive, see "Hard Drive" on page 191. You can use one of two methods to configure RAID hard drive volumes. One method uses the Intel RAID Option ROM utility and is performed before you install the operating system onto the hard drive. The second method uses the Intel Matrix Storage Manager, or Intel Matrix Storage Console, and this method is performed after you have installed the operating system and the About RAID Configurations 47