Asus ROG STRIX X370-F GAMING - RAID Support; RAID Definitions and Configurations

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Chapter 4
RAID Support
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4.1 RAIDcongurations
The motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 solution.
If you want to install a Windows
®
operating system to a hard disk drive included in a RAID
set, you have to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation.
Refer to section 4.2CreatingaRAIDdriverdisk for details.
4.1.1 RAIDdenitions
RAID0(Datastriping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in
parallel, interleaved stacks. Two hard disks perform the same work as a single drive but at a
sustained data transfer rate, double that of a single disk alone, thus improving data access
and storage. Use of two new identical hard disk drives is required for this setup.
RAID1(Datamirroring) copies and maintains an identical image of data from one drive to
a second drive. If one drive fails, the disk array management software directs all applications
to the surviving drive as it contains a complete copy of the data in the other drive. This RAID
congurationprovidesdataprotectionandincreasesfaulttolerancetotheentiresystem.Use
two new drives or use an existing drive and a new drive for this setup. The new drive must be
of the same size or larger than the existing drive.
RAID 10 is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having
tobecalculatedandwritten.WiththeRAID10congurationyougetallthebenetsofboth
RAID0andRAID1congurations.Usefournewharddiskdrivesoruseanexistingdrive
and three new drives for this setup.
Chapter 4: RAID Support