Silicon Image SATA RAID - Welcome; SATARaid Features

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1 Welcome

Silicon Image’s SATARaid

software provides Serial ATA RAID0 (Striping), RAID1 (Mirroring) and RAID10 (Striping and

Mirroring) functionality to enhance the industry’s leading PCI-to-SATA host controller products. Two major challenges facing

the storage industry today are keeping pace with the increasing performance demands of computer systems by improving

disk I/O throughput and providing data accessibility in the face of hard disk failures. With SiIicon Image Serial ATA host

controller and SATARaid, both of these problems are solved.

SATARaid software provides a Graphical User Interface (GUI) for easy-to-use configurations of the RAID Sets.

SATARaid Features

• RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 10 Sets are supported

• Under Win 2000 and XP only, RAID Sets can be created and deleted without exiting Windows

• Hot Spare and On-line Mirror Rebuilding

• System GUI Monitoring Utility:

• Displays/Logs/Alerts Users to Vital RAID Set Information

• Manages RAID Set Functions (configures, rebuilds, etc.,)

• RAID Set Accommodates Multiple Size HDDs

• HDDs Function Normally When Not in RAID Sets

• Adjustable Stripe Size for RAID 0

• Uses the Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (SMART) feature in the attached drives for automatic

notification of imminent drive failures.

• Can be configured to automatically email RAID Set system events and failure reports.

• Automatically Selects Highest Available Transfer Speed for All ATA and ATAPI Devices. Supports the following:

• UDMA up to 150MB/Sec.

• All UDMA and PIO Modes

• Up to 4 SATA devices

• ACPI and ATA/ATAPI6