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MS-7252 Mainboard Introduct ion System Requirement Operating System Support NVRAID supports the following operating systems: W indows XP W indows 2000 Professional RAID Arrays NVRAID supports the following types of RAID arrays described in this section: RAID 0: RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves the disk read and write times for many applications. RAID 1: RAID 1 defines techniques for mirroring data. Summary of RAID Configurations Array RAID 0 RAID 1 Uses Non-critical data requiring high performance. Small databases or any other small capacity environment requiring fault tolerance. Advantages Drawbacks High data throughput. No fault tolerance. # Hard Disks multiple 100% data redundancy. Requires 2 drives for 2 the storage space of 1 drive. Fault Tolerance None Yes B-2

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MS-7252 Mainboard
B-2
Introduct ion
System Requirement
Operating System Support
NVRAID supports the following operating systems:
Windows XP
Windows 2000 Professional
RAID Arrays
NVRAID supports the following types of RAID arrays described in this section:
RAID 0: RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves the disk read and write
times for many applications.
RAID 1: RAID 1 defines techniques for mirroring data.
Summary of RAID Configurations
Array
Uses
Advantages
Drawbacks
# Hard
Disks
Fault
Tolerance
RAID 0
Non-critical data
requiring high
performance.
High data throughput.
No fault tolerance.
multiple
None
RAID 1
Small databases or any
other small capacity
environment requiring
fault tolerance.
100% data
redundancy.
Requires 2 drives for
the storage space of 1
drive.
2
Yes