User manual AOPEN AX4SGMAX

[. . . ] NO. : AX4SGMAX-OL-E0307D 1 AX4SG Max What's in this manual Online Manual AX4SG Max . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What's in this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 You Must Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Before You Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] AOConfig is a Windows based utility with user-friendly interface that allows users to obtain information of the operation system and hardware such as motherboard, CPU, memory, PCI devices and IDE devices. The powerful utility also displays the version of BIOS and firmware for your convenience of maintenance. Moreover, AOConfig allows users to save information in *. BMP or *. TXT format which users may collect the system information in detail and send them to AOpen directly for technical support or for further diagnose of system problems. 1. The system page shows the detailed information of the motherboard, operating system, processor, and BIOS version. 2. The PCI device page shows the configurations of all PCI devices installed in your motherboard. 80 AX4SG Max 3. This page presents the IDE device information, such as serial number, manufacturer, firmware version, and capacity. Online Manual 4. From this page, users can obtain the technical support information of AOpen. Moreover, detailed information could be saved in . bmp or . txt format. NOTE: AOConfig can be used under Windows 98SE/ME, NT4. 0/2000, or Windows XP. Please also note that AOConfig can only be operated in a system equipped with an AOpen motherboard. Before running AOConfig, all applications must be closed. 81 AX4SG Max Online Manual RAID Introduction What's RAID? Two major challenges facing the storage industry today are keeping pace with the increasing performance demands of computer systems by improving disk I/O throughput and providing data accessibility in the face of hard disk failures. The idea of RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) was first introduced by David A. RAID is a purpose of storing the same data in different places on multiple hard disks and improves storage subsystem performance. The advantage of RAID is to provide better throughput performance and/or data fault tolerance. Better performance is accomplished by sharing the workload in parallel among multiple physical hard drives. Fault-tolerance is achieved through data redundant operation where if one (or more) drive fails or has a sector failure, a mirrored copy of the data can be found on another drive(s). A RAID appears to the operating system to be a single logical hard disk. The RAID controller manages how the data is stored and accessed across the physical and logical arrays. The RAID controller help users to ensure that the operating system only sees the logical drives and users do not need to worry about managing the complicated schema. For optimal performance results, select identical hard drives to install in disk arrays. The drives' matched performance allows the array to function better as a single drive. Warning: The Serial ATA RAID function can be supported under Windows XP and Windows . Net environments. 82 AX4SG Max What are the RAID levels? Striping / Span (RAID 0) Online Manual RAID level 0, which is the fastest drive array you can have, is a performance-oriented disk mapping method. The data in this array gets written across a stripe or different disks for a faster transfer. Performance is better than a single drive since the workload is balanced between the array members. Identical drives are recommended for performance as well as data storage efficiency. The disk array data capacity is equal to the number of members times the smallest member capacity. [. . . ] http://download. aopen. com. tw/downloads 147 AX4SG Max Online Manual 5 6 7 eForum: AOpen eForum is provided to discuss our products with other users, in which your problem probably had been discussed before or will be answered. After log on, you may select your preferred language under "Multi-language". http://club. aopen. com. tw/forum/ Contact Distributors/Resellers: We sell our products through resellers and integrators. They should know your system configuration very well and should be able to solve your problem efficiently and provide important reference for you. [. . . ]