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The FAQ in this chapter are organized by the following categories:
•
“Basic RAID Questions” on page 107
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“RAID ROM Setup Questions” on page 109
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“Rebuilding Arrays Questions” on page 109
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“Dedicated Disk Questions” on page 110
•
“Windows RAID Application” on page 110
Basic RAID Questions
• What is RAID?
RAID stands for
R
edundant
A
rray of
I
ndependent
D
isks,
and refers to the grouping of 2 or
more disk drives that the system views as a single drive. Different groupings have
difference advantages that include better performance and data fault tolerance.
See
“About NVIDIA RAID” on page 1
for detailed descriptions of the different types
of RAID arrays.
• What type of RAID array is right for me?
In general, for better throughput of non-critical data, use RAID 0; for fault tolerance,
use RAID1, and for better throughput as well as fault tolerance use RAID 0+1.
See
“About NVIDIA RAID” on page 1
for detailed descriptions of the different types
of RAID arrays.
