Biostar MCP6P-M2 User Manual

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RAID 1:
Every read and write is actually carried out in parallel across 2 disk drives in a RAID 1
array system. The mirrored (backup) copy of the data can reside on the same disk or on a
second redundant drive in the array. RAID 1 provides a hot-standby copy of data if the
active volume or drive is corrupted or becomes unavailable because of a hardware failure.
RAID techniques can be applied for high-availability solutions, or as a form of automatic
backup that eliminates tedious manual backups to more expensive and less reliable
me d i a .
Features and Benefits
 Drives: Minimum 2, and maximum is 2.
 Uses: RAID 1 is ideal f or small databases or any other application that
requires fault tolerance and minimal capacity.
 Benefits: Prov ides 100% data redundancy. Should one drive fail, the
controller switches to the other drive.
 Drawbacks: Requires 2 drives for the storage space of one drive.
Performance is impaired during drive rebuilds.
 Fault Tolerance: Yes.
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Biostar MCP6P-M2 Specifications

General

Form Factor	Micro ATX
CPU Socket	AM2
Memory Type	DDR2
Maximum Memory	4GB
Storage Interface	SATA, IDE
SATA	4 x SATA 3Gb/s
IDE	1 x IDE
Audio Chipset	Realtek ALC662
Audio Channels	6-Channel
LAN Chipset	Realtek RTL8201CL
Max. LAN Speed	10/100Mbps
PS/2	1 x PS/2 Keyboard, 1 x PS/2 Mouse
CPU Type	AMD Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 / Sempron
Memory Slots	2
Expansion Slots	1 x PCI-E x16 1 x PCI-E x1 2 x PCI
USB Ports	4 x USB 2.0