Gateway FX542X Reference Manual

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CHAPTER 4: Advanced Hardware Setup42In the following graphic, each letter represents a unique blockof data, and each column represents a separate hard drive.DrawbackA RAID 5 array is treated as one drive with the capacity of allbut one of the drives added together.RAID 10 treats the entire array as a single drive with twice thestorage capacity of the smallest drive. So if you have four drives(350 GB, 300 GB, 250 GB, and 200 GB) in a RAID 10 array, yourcomputer recognizes a single drive with 400 GB total capacity.Preparing your computer for RAIDSetting up RAID on your computer can involve two major steps,depending on how your computer has been configured.To prepare your computer for RAID:1 Configure the RAID arrays. See the Array Manager UserGuide or “Configuring RAID” on page 43.2 Install the operating system from the Windows disc thatcame with your computer.ImportantIf your computer came from the factory with RAID already set up, yourcomputer is ready to use, and you do not need to perform any of these steps.ACEACEBDFBDFRAID 0RAID 1 RAID 1