Edge10 DAS401 User Guide
Table of Contents
1 WELCOME ........................................................................................................................................................4
1.1 INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................................................4
1.2 PRECAUTION ................................................................................................................................................4
1.3 FEATURES .....................................................................................................................................................4
1.3.1 DATA SECURITY ........................................................................................................................................4
1.3.2 DATA PERFORMANCE ..............................................................................................................................5
1.3.3 DATA VERSATILITY ..................................................................................................................................5
1.4 EASE OF USE .................................................................................................................................................5
1.5 SPECIFICATIONS .........................................................................................................................................5
1.6 SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................................................................5
1.6.1 PC SYSTEMS ................................................................................................................................................5
1.6.2 MACINTOSH SYSTEMS .............................................................................................................................6
1.7 PRODUCT CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................6
1.2 PRECAUTION ................................................................................................................................................4
1.3 FEATURES .....................................................................................................................................................4
1.3.1 DATA SECURITY ........................................................................................................................................4
1.3.2 DATA PERFORMANCE ..............................................................................................................................5
1.3.3 DATA VERSATILITY ..................................................................................................................................5
1.4 EASE OF USE .................................................................................................................................................5
1.5 SPECIFICATIONS .........................................................................................................................................5
1.6 SYSTEMS REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................................................................5
1.6.1 PC SYSTEMS ................................................................................................................................................5
1.6.2 MACINTOSH SYSTEMS .............................................................................................................................6
1.7 PRODUCT CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................6
2 AN INTRODUCTION TO RAID .....................................................................................................................7
2.1 RAID VOLUMES............................................................................................................................................7
2.2 SEGMENTING DISKS ..................................................................................................................................7
2.3 RAID LEVELS ................................................................................................................................................8
2.3.1 DISK STRIPING (RAID 0)............................................................................................................................8
2.3.2 DISK MIRRORING (RAID 1).......................................................................................................................8
2.3.3 DISK MIRRORING AND STRIPING (RAID 10).........................................................................................8
2.3.4 PARITY RAID (RAID 5)...............................................................................................................................9
2.3.5 CONCATENATION (COMBINE DRIVE) ...................................................................................................9
2.3.6 SINGLE DRIVE / SEGMENT .......................................................................................................................9
2.4 RAID VOLUME STATUS ...........................................................................................................................10
2.2 SEGMENTING DISKS ..................................................................................................................................7
2.3 RAID LEVELS ................................................................................................................................................8
2.3.1 DISK STRIPING (RAID 0)............................................................................................................................8
2.3.2 DISK MIRRORING (RAID 1).......................................................................................................................8
2.3.3 DISK MIRRORING AND STRIPING (RAID 10).........................................................................................8
2.3.4 PARITY RAID (RAID 5)...............................................................................................................................9
2.3.5 CONCATENATION (COMBINE DRIVE) ...................................................................................................9
2.3.6 SINGLE DRIVE / SEGMENT .......................................................................................................................9
2.4 RAID VOLUME STATUS ...........................................................................................................................10
3 INSTALLATION .............................................................................................................................................11
3.1 COMPONENTS ............................................................................................................................................11
3.2 INSTALLING HARDWARE.......................................................................................................................11
3.3 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS 2000...........................................................................................................11
3.3.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER .................................................................................11
3.3.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY ......................................................................................................15
3.3.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP ......................................................................................................................19
3.3.4 ALLOCATING PARTITION ......................................................................................................................19
3.4 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS XP .............................................................................................................25
3.4.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER .................................................................................25
3.4.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY ......................................................................................................26
3.4.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP ......................................................................................................................30
3.4.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS ON WINDOWS XP 32-BIT ......................................................................30
3.4.5 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS ON WINDOWS XP 64-BIT ......................................................................36
3.5 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS SERVER 2003..........................................................................................42
3.5.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER .................................................................................42
3.5.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY ......................................................................................................44
3.5.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP ......................................................................................................................47
3.5.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS ....................................................................................................................47
3.2 INSTALLING HARDWARE.......................................................................................................................11
3.3 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS 2000...........................................................................................................11
3.3.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER .................................................................................11
3.3.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY ......................................................................................................15
3.3.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP ......................................................................................................................19
3.3.4 ALLOCATING PARTITION ......................................................................................................................19
3.4 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS XP .............................................................................................................25
3.4.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER .................................................................................25
3.4.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY ......................................................................................................26
3.4.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP ......................................................................................................................30
3.4.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS ON WINDOWS XP 32-BIT ......................................................................30
3.4.5 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS ON WINDOWS XP 64-BIT ......................................................................36
3.5 INSTALLING ON WINDOWS SERVER 2003..........................................................................................42
3.5.1 INSTALLING SATA RAID HOST BUS ADAPTER .................................................................................42
3.5.2 INSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY ......................................................................................................44
3.5.3 DISK DRIVE MODE SETUP ......................................................................................................................47
3.5.4 ALLOCATING PARTITIONS ....................................................................................................................47
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