Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto ST380023AS del fabbricante Nvidia
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Release Note This document has been modified from the or iginal Nvidia Media Shield User’s Guide. Some of the Nvidia scree n captures may be different than your system. Please Note: In order to access the RAID utility, press F10 repeatedly once the boot screen appears.
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.About NVIDIA RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 RAID Arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NVIDIA Applications MediaShield User’s Guide Version 3.1 Published by NVIDIA Corporation 2701 San T omas Expressway Santa Clara, CA 95050 Notice ALL NVIDIA DESIGN SPECIFICA TIONS, REFERENC E BOARDS, FILES, DR A W INGS, DIAGNOSTICS, LISTS, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS (TOGETHER A ND SEP ARA TEL Y , “MA TERIALS”) ARE BEING PROVIDED “AS IS.
NVIDIA Corporation 1 C HAPTER A BOUT NVIDIA RAID NVIDIA brings Redundant Array of Indepe ndent Disks (RAID) technology—which is used by the world’s leading businesses—t o the common PC desktop. This technology uses mul tiple driv es to eith er increase to tal disk space or to offer data protecti on.
NVIDIA Corporation 3 C HAPTER 1 About NVIDIA RAID RAID Arr ays This section d escribes the foll owing types of RAID arrays that MediaShield supports: • RAID 0 RAID 0 defines a di sk striping scheme that im proves the disk read and write times for many applications.
4 MediaShield User’s Guide – Version 3.1 C HAPTER 1 About NVIDIA RAID RAID 0 How RAID 0 W orks In a RAID 0 array, the controller ʺ stripes ʺ data across multiple d rives in the RAID subsystem. RA ID 0 breaks u p a large file into smaller blocks and then performs disk reads and writes across mul tiple drives in parallel.
NVIDIA Corporation 5 C HAPTER 1 About NVIDIA RAID RAID 1 How RAID 1 W orks In a RAID 1 array, every read and write is ca rried out in para llel acro ss two disk dr ives. The mirrored—or backup—copy of the d ata ca n reside on the same disk or on a second redundant drive in the array.
6 MediaShield User’s Guide – Version 3.1 C HAPTER 1 About NVIDIA RAID RAID 0+1 How RAID 0+1 W orks RAID 0 drives can be mirrored using RA ID 1 techniques, resulting in a RAID 0+ 1 solution for improved performance plus resiliency.
NVIDIA Corporation 7 C HAPTER 1 About NVIDIA RAID RAID 5 How RAID 5 W orks RAID 5 stripes both data and parity informati on across three or more drives.
8 MediaShield User’s Guide – Version 3.1 C HAPTER 1 About NVIDIA RAID JBOD How JBOD W orks JB O D s ta n d s f o r “ Ju s t a Bu n c h o f D i sk s ”. E ac h d r iv e is a cc es s ed a s i f it we r e o n a s t an d ar d SCSI host bus adapter.
NVIDIA Corporation 11 C HAPTER S ETTING U P Y OUR RAID C ONFIGUR ATION This chapter provides instructions for: • Setting Up a Non-Bootable RAID Array • Setting Up a Bootable RAID Array Setting Up a Non-Bootable RAID Arr ay RAID arrays can be create d/dele ted using both MediaShield RAID BIOS and the MediaShield RAID Manager from Windows.
12 MediaShield User’s Guide – Version 3.1 C HAPTER 2 Setting Up Your RAID Configuration The BIOS CMOS Setup Ut ilit y window appears. Figure 2.1 BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Window 2 Use the arrow keys to select Integrated Peripherals (see Figure 2.
NVIDIA Corporation 13 C HAPTER 2 Setting Up Your RA ID Configuration The RAID Config window appears. Figure 2.3 RAID Config Window 4 From the RAID Config window , globally enable RAID, then enable the SATA ports with disks that you want to use for RAID.
NVIDIA Corporation 15 C HAPTER 2 Setting Up Your RA ID Configuration Setting Up a Bootable RAID Arr ay This section explains how to config ure a bootable NVIDIA RAID array. Setti ng Up the BIOS 1 Start your compu ter, then press Delete to enter the BIOS setup.
16 MediaShield User’s Guide – Version 3.1 C HAPTER 2 Setting Up Your RAID Configuration The Integrated Peripherals screen (or a screen similar to it) appears. Figure 2.6 Integrated Peripherals Screen 3 Use the arrow keys to sele ct the RAID Config (see Figure 2.
NVIDIA Corporation 17 C HAPTER 2 Setting Up Your RA ID Configuration The RAID Config screen appears. Figure 2.7 RAID Config Screen 5 From the RAID Config window , globally enable RAID, then enable the SATA ports with disks that you want to use for RAID.
18 MediaShield User’s Guide – Version 3.1 C HAPTER 2 Setting Up Your RAID Configuration Configuring the NVIDIA RAID BIOS The NVIDIA RAID BIOS set up lets you choos e the RAID type and which hard drives you want to make part of the array. Entering the RA ID BIOS Setup: 1 Wait until you see the RAID software prompting you to press F10 .
NVIDIA Corporation 19 C HAPTER 2 Setting Up Your RA ID Configuration Understanding the Defi ne a New Arr ay Window Use the Define a New Array window to • Select the RAID Mode • Set up the Striping Block • Specify which disks to use for the RAID Array The SATA p orts are called channels and th ey are associated with adapters.
20 MediaShield User’s Guide – Version 3.1 C HAPTER 2 Setting Up Your RAID Configuration Assigning the Disks The disks that you enabled from the RAID Config BIOS setup page appear in the Free Disks block. These are the drives that ar e available for use as RAID array disks.
NVIDIA Corporation 21 C HAPTER 2 Setting Up Your RA ID Configuration Completing the RAID BIOS Setup 1 After assigning your RAID array disks, press F7. The Clear disk array prompt appears. Figure 2.11 Clear Disk Data Promp t 2 Press Y to clear the disk data.
22 MediaShield User’s Guide – Version 3.1 C HAPTER 2 Setting Up Your RAID Configuration 3 Use the arrow keys to select the array that you want to set up, then press B to specify the array as bootable. 4 Press Enter to view and verify details. The Array Detail screen appears.
C h a p t e r 3 _____________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _____ Rebuilding a Mirrored RAID HDD NOTE: When one of the RAID HDD fails, Wi ndows Vista may not show a change of status in Disk Management in Administrative Tools.
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