I ordered my EPOX 8K7A+ Motherboard from www.newegg.com for $148 on Thursday.
Does the EPOX 8K7A+ with its built in RAID Technolgy support the following RAID Configurations?
RAID 0 Technolgy
The fastest fault tolerant array configuration but the least storage efficient array, it's probably the most commonly used system today. As other array configurations require three or more drives, it is the only choice in a two-drive system. The two drives in the 'mirrored pair' appear to the operating system as one; they always mirror each other. Should a drive fail the data is available from the other. As the data is always the same on the two drives, read performance is almost doubled, as consecutive reads can occur on each drive at the same time. Write performance is not improved.
RAID 1 Technology
This is the fastest and most storage efficient configuration of a group of disks, but it has no fault tolerance; if one drive fails the whole array fails. As there is no parity, it offers the best storage efficiency. The striping allows read/write operations to occur simultaneously on each disk for speed.
The fastest fault tolerant array configuration but the least storage efficient array, it's probably the most commonly used system today. As other array configurations require three or more drives, it is the only choice in a two-drive system. The two drives in the 'mirrored pair' appear to the operating system as one; they always mirror each other. Should a drive fail the data is available from the other. As the data is always the same on the two drives, read performance is almost doubled, as consecutive reads can occur on each drive at the same time. Write performance is not improved.
For Data Integrity, I would perfer to use the RAID 1 Technology.
Again, does the EPOX 8K7A+ Motherboard support both RAID Configurations?
Jonathan
Does the EPOX 8K7A+ with its built in RAID Technolgy support the following RAID Configurations?
RAID 0 Technolgy
The fastest fault tolerant array configuration but the least storage efficient array, it's probably the most commonly used system today. As other array configurations require three or more drives, it is the only choice in a two-drive system. The two drives in the 'mirrored pair' appear to the operating system as one; they always mirror each other. Should a drive fail the data is available from the other. As the data is always the same on the two drives, read performance is almost doubled, as consecutive reads can occur on each drive at the same time. Write performance is not improved.
RAID 1 Technology
This is the fastest and most storage efficient configuration of a group of disks, but it has no fault tolerance; if one drive fails the whole array fails. As there is no parity, it offers the best storage efficiency. The striping allows read/write operations to occur simultaneously on each disk for speed.
The fastest fault tolerant array configuration but the least storage efficient array, it's probably the most commonly used system today. As other array configurations require three or more drives, it is the only choice in a two-drive system. The two drives in the 'mirrored pair' appear to the operating system as one; they always mirror each other. Should a drive fail the data is available from the other. As the data is always the same on the two drives, read performance is almost doubled, as consecutive reads can occur on each drive at the same time. Write performance is not improved.
For Data Integrity, I would perfer to use the RAID 1 Technology.
Again, does the EPOX 8K7A+ Motherboard support both RAID Configurations?
Jonathan
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