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You can improve storage performance or protect your files from a single hard drive failure by adding an additional hard drive to a RAID-Ready system and migrating the RAID-Ready system to a 2-drive RAID 1 or RAID 0 system.
How do I know if I have a RAID-Ready system?
If you have a RAID-Ready system, you will see the following status screen when you open the Intel® Matrix Storage Console ( Start » Programs » Intel® Matrix Storage Manager » Intel® Matrix Storage Console ).
Migration Steps
Use the following steps to migrate from a RAID-Ready system to a 2-drive RAID 0 or RAID 1 system.
- Turn off the system.
- Install a second Serial ATA hard drive.
Note: For specific questions on this procedure, refer to Installing Serial ATA hard drives or see your computer/motherboard manufacturer.
- Turn on the system.
- Open the Intel Matrix Storage Console ( Start » Programs » Intel® Matrix Storage Manager » Intel® Matrix Storage Console ).
- Click Protect data from a hard drive failure with RAID 1 or Improve storage performance with RAID 0 .
- Depending on your selection in step 5, click Create a RAID 1 volume or Create a RAID 0 volume .
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Click Yes to confirm volume creation.
What are the differences between RAID 1 and RAID 0?
RAID 1: protects data from a hard drive failure
- All data is written to two hard drives simultaneously so each drive is a mirror image of the other
- In the case of a single hard drive failure, all data is immediately available on the second hard drive
RAID 0: improves storage performance
- Two hard drives are combined so they appear as a single large hard drive to the operating system
- Data can be written to and read from both drives simultaneously, increasing storage performance
Related Topics:
What is RAID 1?
What is RAID 0?
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