Lenovo ThinkStation C30 - Chapter 8. Configuring RAID; RAID Configuration Overview; Installing Drives for RAID

Chapter8.ConfiguringRAID
ThischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallharddiskdrivesandconfigureRedundantArrayof
IndependentDisks(RAID)foryourcomputer.Dependingonyourcomputermodel,RAIDcanbeenabledby
IntelEnterpriseRapidStoreTechnologyenterprise(RSTe)ortheLSIMegaRAIDBIOS.
Note:TheRAIDconfigurationinformationdescribedinthischapterisonlyapplicableintheWindows
environment.ForinformationaboutconfiguringRAIDintheLinuxenvironment,contactyourLinuxsoftware
provider.
Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutthefollowingtopics:
•“ConfiguringRAIDwithIntelRSTe”onpage81
•“QuickRAIDsetupusingtheLSIMegaRAIDBIOSconfigurationutility”onpage83
ConfiguringRAIDwithIntelRSTe
IfyourcomputercomeswithIntelRSTe,youcanfollowthesectionsbelowtoconfigureRAIDwithIntelRSTe.
Thissectionprovidesinformationaboutthefollowingtopics:
•“InstallingSATAorSASharddiskdrives”onpage81
•“ConfiguringSATAorSASRAIDfunctionalitywithIntelRSTeconfigurationutility”onpage82
InstallingSATAorSASharddiskdrives
EnsurethatyourcomputerhastheminimumnumberofSATAorSASharddiskdrivesinstalledforthe
followingsupportedlevelsofRAID:
•RAIDLevel0-Stripeddiskarray
–ARAIDLevel0harddiskdrivegroupconsistingofatleasttwoharddiskdrives
–Supportedstripsize:4KB,8KB,16KB,32KB,64KB,or128KB
–Betterperformancewithoutfaulttolerance
•RAIDLevel1-Mirroreddiskarray
–ARAIDLevel1harddiskdrivegroupconsistingoftwoharddiskdrives
–Improvedreadperformanceand100%redundancy
•RAIDLevel5-Block-levelstripeddiskarraywithdistributedparity
–ARAIDLevel5harddiskdrivegroupconsistingofatleastthreeharddiskdrives
–Supportedstripsize:4KB,8KB,16KB,32KB,or64KB
–Betterperformanceandfaulttolerance
–RAIDLevel5byusingIntelRSTesupportsSATAharddiskdrivesonly
Ensurethatthecorrectharddiskdriveenablementmoduleisinstalledinyourcomputer:
•IfzerotothreeSATAharddiskdrivesorsolid-statedrivesareinstalled,noharddiskdriveenablement
moduleisneeded.
•IfthereareanySASharddiskdrivesinstalled,theSASharddiskdriveenablementmodule(onetothree
harddiskdrives)isrequired.
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