ASMB-585 User Manual 889.1 IntroductionTo support demanding disk I/O, Intel C236 chipset integrates seven Serial ATA con-trollers with software RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 capabilities.RAID 0 striping increases the storage performance and is designed to speed up datatransfer rates for disk-intensive applications.RAID 1 mirroring protects valuable data that might be lost in the event of a hard drivefailure.RAID 5 array contains three or more hard drives where the data is divided into man-ageable blocks called strips. Parity is a mathematical method for recreating data thatwas lost from a single drive, which increases fault-tolerance. The data and parity arestriped across all the hard drives in the array. The parity is striped in a rotatingsequence to reduce bottlenecks associated with the parity calculations.RAID 10 array uses four hard drives to create a combination of RAID levels 0 and 1.The data is striped across a two-drive array forming the RAID 0 component. Each ofthe drives in the RAID 0 array is then mirrored by a RAID 1 component.9.2 SATA RAID Driver and Utility SetupThe driver is in the DVD "06_Intel RAID_AHCI” folder. You may go to the directory ofthe DVD and follow Intel's installation guide to install the driver and utility.Note! For the detailed installation instructions for the SATA RAID driver andutility, please check the User Guide in the driver CD. Path: folder "IntelRapid Storage Technology" in "06_Intel RAID_AHCI".Note! Before you install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology, please read the"readme.txt" which is in the folder "Intel Rapid Storage Technology" in"06_Intel RAID_AHCI".
