Server RSV-S5 User Manual
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1 WELCOME....................................................................................3
1.1 PRECAUTION....................................................................................................................................... 3
1.2 FEATURES............................................................................................................................................ 3
1.2.1 DATA SECURITY ........................................................................................................................ 3
1.2.2 DATA PERFORMANCE .............................................................................................................. 3
1.2.3 DATA VERSATILITY .................................................................................................................... 3
1.3 EASE OF USE....................................................................................................................................... 4
1.4 SPECIFICATIONS................................................................................................................................. 4
1.5 SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS.................................................................................................4
1.6 PRODUCT CONTENTS........................................................................................................................ 4
2 AN INTRODUCTION TO RAID.....................................................5
2.1 RAID VOLUMES ................................................................................................................................... 5
2.2 SEGMENTING DISKS .......................................................................................................................... 5
2.3 RAID LEVELS ....................................................................................................................................... 6
2.3.1 DISK STRIPING (RAID 0) ........................................................................................................... 6
2.3.2 DISK MIRRORING (RAID 1) ....................................................................................................... 6
2.3.3 DISK MIRRORING AND STRIPING (RAID 10) ........................................................................... 6
2.3.4 PARITY RAID (RAID 5)................................................................................................................ 7
2.3.5 CONCATENATION ..................................................................................................................... 7
2.3.6 SINGLE DRIVE / SEGMENT....................................................................................................... 8
2.4 RAID VOLUME STATUS ....................................................................................................................... 8
3 INSTALLATION .............................................................................8
3.1 COMPONENTS .................................................................................................................................... 8
3.2 INSTALLING HARDWARE .................................................................................................................... 8
3.3 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS 2000....................................................................................................... 9
3.3.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER........................................................................ 9
3.3.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY ........................................................................................... 14
3.3.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP ..................................................................................................... 17
3.3.4 ALLOCATING PARTITION........................................................................................................ 17
3.4 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS XP (32/64-BIT) ..................................................................................... 23
3.4.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER...................................................................... 23
3.4.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY ........................................................................................... 25
3.4.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP ..................................................................................................... 29
3.4.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS ON WINDOWS XP 32-BIT........................................................... 29
3.4.5 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS ON WINDOWS XP 64-BIT........................................................... 35
3.5 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS SERVER 2003 (32/64-BIT)................................................................... 41
3.5.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER...................................................................... 41
3.5.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY ........................................................................................... 43
3.5.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP ..................................................................................................... 47
3.5.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS...................................................................................................... 47
3.6 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS VISTA (32/64-BIT) ................................................................................ 53
3.6.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER............................................................................. 53
3.6.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY ........................................................................................... 55
3.6.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP ..................................................................................................... 59
3.6.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS...................................................................................................... 59
4 SATARAID5 ARRAY MANAGER ................................................64
4.1 OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................................................... 64
4.2 CREATING RAID GROUPS ................................................................................................................ 65
4.2.1 CONTIGUOUS RAID GROUPS................................................................................................ 65
4.2.2 CONCATENATED RAID GROUPS ........................................................................................... 65
4.2.3 STRIPED RAID GROUPS......................................................................................................... 66
4.2.4 MIRRORED RAID GROUPS..................................................................................................... 66
4.2.5 MIRRORED STRIPED RAID GROUPS..................................................................................... 67
4.2.6 PARITY RAID GROUPS ........................................................................................................... 67
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