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Western Digital WD Serial ATA RAID Controller
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction/Getting Started
5 Disk Array Concepts
About the WD SATA RAID Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Disk Array Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
About RAID Levels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
8 Installing the Serial ATA RAID Controller
10 Creating a Disk Array
Creating a Single SATA Non-RAID Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Creating an Array for Performance (RAID 0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Creating a Security Array with Two New Drives (RAID 1 recommended) 12
Creating a Security Array with an Existing Data Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Creating a Security Array with Quick Initialization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
15 Installing Software Drivers
New Windows Server 2003 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Existing Windows Server 2003 Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Confirming Windows 2003 Server Driver Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
New Windows XP Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Existing Windows XP Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Confirming Windows XP Driver Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
New Windows 2000 Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Existing Windows 2000 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Confirm Windows 2000 Driver Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
19 EasyBuild Options and Features
Viewing Drive Array Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Deleting An Array. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Rebuilding a Mirrored Array. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Reserve Sector Implementation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Gigabyte Boundary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
25 Troubleshooting & Tips
Motherboard Issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
System CMOS Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Drive-Related Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Operating System-Related Issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Performance Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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