HP dx7300 - Microtower PC Technické informace

1Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) on HP Compaq dc7700 and dx7300 Business PCsUsing Intel Matrix Storage ManagerIntroduction . . . . . . .

10Intel Matrix Storage TechnologyThis technology provides protection against data loss from a hard drive failure and faster access to digital photo, v

11Figure 6 Matrix RAID combining reliability and performance with same three hard drivesConfigurations Recommended configurationsHP recommends factory

12troller allows all drives to operate in IDE or RAID SATA modes. Each mode of the controller means a dif-ferent PCI controller, with different device

13• Old and new technologies (SATA 1.5 GB and SATA 3.0 GB)• NCQ hard drives and non-NCQ drives.• Different cache size• RAID combinations of hard drive

14• To reset to factory settings, select Set Defaults and Exit. This option restores the original factory defaults.CAUTION: Do NOT turn the computer p

15Configuring RAID Volume using the Option ROM1. Once you are in the Option ROM, if there are no previous RAID member hard drives, press Ctrl + I to e

162. With Create RAID Volume selected, press Enter to access the Create Volume screen.3. Select or enter the desired RAID Level. Use the information o

174. Use the arrow keys to scroll to Create Volume, and press Enter. The following screen appears.CAUTION: All data on the selected disk will be delet

18Intel Matrix Storage Manager software installationThis section of the paper focuses on how to configure RAID using Intel Matrix Storage Manager soft

196. The Select Program Folder window suggests a program folder with Intel Matrix Storage Man-ager highlighted to add the program icons.7. Click Next

2Migration to RAID 1 from two non-RAID hard drives using Intel Matrix Storage Console . . .20Degradation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

202. Select View > Hard Drive and RAID Status. 3. For a more detailed view of the RAID controller, click View > Advanced Mode.In Advanced Mode,

211. Open the Intel Matrix Storage Console and in the left pane select either Protect data from a hard drive failure with RAID 1 or Improve storage pe

22Degradation In the unlikely event that one of your hard drives malfunctions, you will be notified with the following mes-sage:1. Run the Intel Matri

233. After replacing the hard drive, automatic rebuild of the redundancy begins immediately after the sys-tem is powered up and operating system start

243. Click Yes to begin the migration process.4. Click OK after the migration completes.Migration to RAID 0 from three non-RAID hard drives using Inte

253. Click Next.4. Type the RAID Volume Name, select the RAID Level (for three hard drive RAID 0 or RAID 5 only), and select the Strip Size.NOTE: HP c

265. Click Next to display the selection of hard drives that will be part of this RAID volume.6. Select all three hard drives (Port 0, Port 1, and Por

278. Selection all hard drive members of the RAID volume, and then click the right arrow to place all three hard drives in the Selected box.9. Click N

2812. Select Finish to start the migration process, which can take a few hours.After you click Finish, the migration starts and the following screen d

292. Click Actions/Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive to open a verification win-dow.3. Click Next.4. Type the RAID Volume Name, select the R

3IntroductionRAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a category of hard drives that employ two or more drives in combination for fault toleranc

305. Click Next to see the selection of hard drives that will be part of this RAID volume.6. Select all three hard drives (Port 0, Port ,1 and Port 2)

318. After the selection of the all hard drive members of the RAID volume, complete the volume size selec-tion screen, and then click Next.NOTE: If us

3210. Select Finish to start the migration process, which can take a few hours. The following screen dis-plays.11. Reboot the system after the migrati

332. Click Actions/Create RAID Volume from Existing Hard Drive to open a verification win-dow.3. Click Next.4. Type the RAID Volume Name, select the R

345. Click Next to see the selection of hard drives that will be part of this RAID volume.6. Select all three hard drives (Port 0, Port ,1 and Port 2)

358. After the selection of the all hard drive members of the RAID volume, complete the volume size selec-tion screen, and then click Next.NOTE: If us

3611. Click Finish to start the migration process, which can take a few hours. 12. Reboot the system after the migration finishes.NOTE: Back up all da

3714. Click Next.15. Use the same values you entered in the previous RAID volume confirmation and type the RAID Vol-ume Name, select the RAID Level (f

3817. Because this is the second volume for this set of hard drives, select the existing name in the Avail-able box (Array 0000), and then click the r

3920. Select Finish to start the migration process, which can take a few hours. The following screen appears.

4Table 2 RAID DrivesINF Information file (.inf) used by Microsoft operating systems that support the Plug & Play feature. When installing a driver

4021. Reboot the system after the migration finishes.After the second reboot and both migrations are complete, you can see the state of the Matrix mod

41Migration to RAID Matrix Mode (0 + 1) from two non-RAID hard drives using Matrix Storage Console The migration process for two hard drives to RAID M

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5NOTES: The following notes are important for RAID configuration:• RAID 1 is the only RAID configuration that HP Compaq dc7700 and dx7300 Business PC

6Figure 1 Performance - RAID 0 with two hard drivesAt a higher reliability cost with faster performance, HP Compaq dc7700 Business PC Convertible Mini

7RAID 1 with two hard drives (Mirror)Because it is a very cost-effective way to increase system storage reliability and a great value proposition, RAI

8Figure 3 Reliability: RAID 1 - MirroringRAID 5 with three hard drivesRAID 5 has been used in servers for many years and is one of the most common typ

9Table 5 RAID 5 with 3 hard drives (Parity)In the previous table, each “Data Segment x” represents a strip. A stripe is made with strip “Data Segment