Gateway E-9510T Gateway 9510 Server User Guide - Page 116

Configuring your onboard RAID solutions Configuring your onboard RAID solutions Your server comes equipped with an onboard chipset for SATA RAID and SCSI RAID solutions, which support RAID levels 0 (striping) and 1 (mirroring). The onboard RAID solutions can be enabled in the BIOS (SATA - page 185 and SCSI - page 187) and configured by launching the appropriate RAID BIOS console during the boot process. Configuring the onboard SATA RAID solution Level Description and use 0 Data divided into blocks and distributed sequentially (pure striping). Use for non-critical data that requires high performance 1 Data duplicated on another disk (mirroring). Use for read-intensive, fault-tolerant systems. Pros High data throughput for large files 100 percent data redundancy, providing fault tolerance. Cons Number of Fault drives Tolerant No fault tolerance. One or two No Data is lost if a drive (on this fails. server) More disk space Two Yes required. Reduces usable disk space to the size of the smallest drive. Reduced performance during rebuilds. To launch the SATA RAID BIOS console: 1 Restart your server. 2 Press F2 when the Gateway logo screen appears during startup. The BIOS Setup utility opens. 3 From the Main BIOS menu, select the Advanced menu. 4 Select the IDE Configuration sub-menu. 5 For the Configure S-ATA as RAID option, click Enabled. 6 Exit the BIOS Setup utility. 7 Restart your server. 8 During the boot process you will see the following message: Press - for BIOS Console Press and hold the CTRL key, then press the E key. The RAID BIOS console will open. www.gateway.com 111