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RAID Configuration, Enabling Intel® Rapid Storage Technology, RAID level comparison

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RAID Configuration Below are the different types of a RAID. RAID 0 breaks the data into blocks which are written to separate hard drives. Spreading the hard drive I/O load across independent channels greatly improves I/O performance. RAID 1 provides data redundancy by mirroring data between the hard drives and provides enhanced read performance. RAID 5 provides data striping at the byte level and also stripe error correction information. This results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance. RAID 10 uses four hard drives to create a combination of RAID 0 and 1 by forming a RAID 0 array from two RAID 1 arrays. RAID level comparison RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 Minimum # drives 2 2 3 4 Data protection None Excellent Excellent Excellent Read performance Excellent OK Good OK Write performance Excellent Good OK Good Capacity utilization 100% 50% 67%~(1-1/n) 50% ⚠⚠Important All the information/ volumes/ pictures listed in your system might differ from the illustrations in this appendix. Enabling Intel® Rapid Storage Technology 1. Power on and press Delete key to enter BIOS Setup menu. 2. Press F7 to switch to Advanced mode from EZ mode. 3. Go to BIOS > SETTINGS > Advanced > Integrated Peripherals > SATA Mode and change setting to RAID/ Optane Mode. 4. Skip this step If you are only using SATA storage devices. If you are using NVMe PCIe SSDs, go to BIOS > SETTINGS > Advanced > Integrated Peripherals > M2_x Pcie Storage Remapping and change setting to Enabled. 5. Press F10 to save configuration and exit, and then reboot and press Delete key to enter BIOS Setup menu. 6. Go to BIOS > SETTING > Advanced > Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology submenu. RAID Configuration 63

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RAID Configuration
Below are the different types of a RAID.
RAID 0
breaks the data into blocks which are written to separate hard drives.
Spreading the hard drive I/O load across independent channels greatly
improves I/O performance.
RAID 1
provides data redundancy by mirroring data between the hard drives and
provides enhanced read performance.
RAID 5
provides data striping at the byte level and also stripe error correction
information. This results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance.
RAID 10
uses four hard drives to create a combination of RAID 0 and 1 by forming a
RAID 0 array from two RAID 1 arrays.
RAID level comparison
RAID 0
RAID 1
RAID 5
RAID 10
Minimum # drives
2
2
3
4
Data protection
None
Excellent
Excellent
Excellent
Read performance
Excellent
OK
Good
OK
Write performance
Excellent
Good
OK
Good
Capacity utilization
100%
50%
67%~(1-1/n)
50%
Important
All the information/ volumes/ pictures listed in your system might differ from the
illustrations in this appendix.
Enabling Intel® Rapid Storage Technology
1.
Power on and press
Delete
key to enter BIOS Setup menu.
2.
Press
F7
to switch to
Advanced mode from EZ mode.
3.
Go to
BIOS > SETTINGS > Advanced > Integrated Peripherals > SATA Mode
and
change setting to
RAID/ Optane Mode
.
4.
Skip this step If you are only using SATA storage devices. If you are using NVMe
PCIe SSDs,
go to
BIOS > SETTINGS > Advanced > Integrated Peripherals > M2_x
Pcie Storage Remapping
and change setting to
Enabled
.
5.
Press
F10
to save configuration and exit, and then reboot and press
Delete
key to
enter BIOS Setup menu.
6.
Go to
BIOS > SETTING > Advanced > Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology
sub-
menu
.
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