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Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 - OVERVIEW ...............................................................................................................................4

1.1 PRECAUTION ..............................................................................................................................................4

1.2 FEATURES .....................................................................................................................................................4

1.2.1D

ATA SECURITY ..................................................................................................................................................4

1.2.2D

ATA VERSATILITY ...............................................................................................................................................4

1.3 EASE

OF USE ................................................................................................................................................4

1.4 SPECIFICATIONS .......................................................................................................................................4

1.5 SUPPORTED

OPERATING SYSTEMS ...................................................................................................5

1.6 PRODUCT

CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................5

CHAPTER 2 - AN INTRODUCTION TO RAID .........................................................................................6

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2.1 RAID

VOLUMES ...........................................................................................................................................6

2.2 SEGMENTING

DISKS .................................................................................................................................6

2.3 RAID

LEVELS IN DETAILS ........................................................................................................................7

2.3.1D

ISK STRIPING (RAID 0) ......................................................................................................................................7

2.3.2D

ISK MIRRORING (RAID 1) ..................................................................................................................................7

2.3.3D

ISK MIRRORING AND STRIPING (RAID 10) ............................................................................................................7

2.3.4P

ARITY RAID (RAID 5) ........................................................................................................................................8

2.3.5C

ONCATENATION (SPANNING) ..............................................................................................................................8

2.3.6C

ONTIGUOUS (JBOD/SINGLE DRIVE/SEGMENT) .......................................................................................................8

2.4 RAID

VOLUME STATUS ...........................................................................................................................9

CHAPTER 3 - INSTALLATION ....................................................................................................................10

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3.1 OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................................10

3.2 HARD

DRIVE INSTALLATION ..............................................................................................................10

3.2.1U

NINSTALLING HARD DISK DRIVE ........................................................................................................................11

3.3 POWER

ON / OFF .....................................................................................................................................11

3.4 INSTALLING

ESATA HOST BUS ADAPTER HARDWARE ..........................................................12

3.5 INSTALLING

IN MICROSOFT WINDOWS 2000 .............................................................................13

3.5.1I

NSTALLING ESATA HOST BUS ADAPTER ...............................................................................................................13

3.5.2I

NSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY ........................................................................................................................18

3.5.3D

ISK DRIVE MODE SETUP ..................................................................................................................................23

3.5.4A

LLOCATING PARTITION ......................................................................................................................................23

3.6 INSTALLING

ON WINDOWS XP (32/64-BIT) ..................................................................................29

3.6.1 I

NSTALLING ESATA HOST BUS ADAPTER ...............................................................................................................29

3.6.2 I

NSTALLING SATARAID5 UTILITY ..................................................................................................................31

3.6.3 D

ISK DRIVE MODE SETUP ..................................................................................................................................35

3.6.4 A

LLOCATING PARTITIONS ON WINDOWS XP 32-BIT/64-BIT ...................................................................................35

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