HP Xw9300 NVIDIA: RAID Users Guide - Page 14

Features and Benefits Summary, RAID across PATA and SATA, Spare Drive and Dedicated Drive, Support

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CHAPTER 1 About NVIDIA RAID Features and Benefits Summary Features RAID across PATA and SATA Spare Drive and Dedicated Drive Support Bootable RAID Morphing Disk Failure Identification Benefits • Supports both Serial ATA and Parallel ATA disk devices within a single RAID Array. • Single set up procedure applies to all drives. • Allows the user to dedicate a "spare" disk as a hot standby in the event of a array failure. • Offers additional protection in case of a failure in a mirrored array. • Supports the use of a RAID drive for loading the operating system at power up for optimal performance • Allows the user to upgrade for more performance, security, and capacity. • Allows the user to change the current state of a disk/ array to another array with a one step process called "morphing", without losing any data during the configuration change. • Notifies the user when a disk fails and instructs you on which one to replace 10 NVIDIA RAID User's Guide - Version 2.0 A

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NVIDIA RAID User’s Guide
– Version 2.0 A
C
HAPTER
1
About NVIDIA RAID
Features and Benefits Summary
Features
Benefits
RAID across PATA and SATA
•
Supports both Serial ATA and Parallel ATA disk
devices within a single RAID Array.
•
Single set up procedure applies to all drives.
Spare Drive and Dedicated Drive
Support
•
Allows the user to dedicate a "spare" disk as a hot
standby in the event of a array failure.
•
Offers additional protection in case of a failure in a
mirrored array.
Bootable RAID
•
Supports the use of a RAID drive for loading the
operating system at power up for optimal performance
Morphing
•
Allows the user to upgrade for more performance,
security, and capacity.
•
Allows the user to change the current state of a disk/
array to another array with a one step process called
"morphing", without losing any data during the
configuration change.
Disk Failure Identification
•
Notifies the user when a disk fails and instructs you on
which one to replace