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RAID

ALSO CALLED: Array, R A I D Array, Storage Arrays, Arrays, RAID Array, Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks, R A I D, Redundant Array of Independent Disks, and Disk Arrays
DEFINITION: RAID (redundant array of independent disks; originally redundant array of inexpensive disks) is a way of storing the same data in different places (thus, redundantly) on multiple hard disks. By placing data on multiple disks, I/O (input/output) operations can overlap  … 
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Adaptec Serial ATA Raid 1210SA Driver for Windows 2000, XP & 2003
sponsored by Adaptec, Inc.
TRIAL SOFTWARE:   Posted: 14 Jul 2004 | Published: 15 Jun 2004
SUMMARY:Adaptec Serial ATA 1210SA driver file for Windows 2000, XP & 2003. This driver was designed to resolve the known issue with Hitachi hard drives and time out errors.

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Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 2410SA Firmware Version 7244
sponsored by Adaptec, Inc.
TRIAL SOFTWARE:   Posted: 14 Jul 2004 | Published: 05 May 2004
SUMMARY:Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 2410SA is a completely new firmware for Adaptec Raid cards that is a more stable and robust version than those previous. It will improve the length of time required to build an array and there have been performance enhancements.

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Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 2810SA Firmware Version 7244
sponsored by Adaptec, Inc.
TRIAL SOFTWARE:   Posted: 14 Jul 2004 | Published: 05 May 2004
SUMMARY:This is a completely new firmware for Adaptec Raid cards that is a more stable and robust version than those previous. It will improve the length of time required to build an array and there have been performance enhancements also.

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Adaptec Serial ATA RAID 21610SA Firmware Version 7244
sponsored by Adaptec, Inc.
TRIAL SOFTWARE:   Posted: 14 Jul 2004 | Published: 05 May 2004
SUMMARY:This is a completely new firmware for Adaptec Raid cards that is a more stable and robust version than those previous. It will improve the length of time required to build an array and there have been performance enhancements also.

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Adaptec Spheras Storage Director Ver. 2.1 for Red Hat Linux 7 and 8
sponsored by Adaptec, Inc.
TRIAL SOFTWARE:   Posted: 14 Jul 2004 | Published: 29 Jan 2004
SUMMARY:Adaptec Spheras Storage Director version 2.1 for Red Hat 7 and 8 x86. GUI interface used to configure and manage the storage devices connected to your Adaptec SANbloc 2Gb RAID storage subsystems.

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Adaptec Spheras Storage Director Ver. 2.1 for Solaris 8 and 9
sponsored by Adaptec, Inc.
TRIAL SOFTWARE:   Posted: 14 Jul 2004 | Published: 29 Jan 2004
SUMMARY:Adaptec Spheras Storage Director version 2.1 for Solaris 8 and 9 SPARC platform. GUI interface used to configure and manage the storage devices connected to your Adaptec SANbloc 2Gb storage subsystems.

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Adaptec Spheras Storage Director Ver. 2.1 for Windows
sponsored by Adaptec, Inc.
TRIAL SOFTWARE:   Posted: 14 Jul 2004 | Published: 29 Jan 2004
SUMMARY:Adaptec Spheras Storage Director version 2.1 for Windows NT/2000/XP. GUI interface used to configure and manage the storage devices connected to your Adaptec SANbloc 2Gb RAID storage subsystems.

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SANbloc™ 2Gb RAID
sponsored by Adaptec, Inc.
SOFTWARE DEMO:   Posted: 14 Jul 2004 | Published: 01 Jan 2003
SUMMARY:The 2Gb SANbloc RAID is designed for maximum availability, with redundant, hot-swappable RAID controllers with dual host ports, power supplies, power connections, advanced cooling modules, port bypass circuitry and environmental monitoring.

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RAID DEFINITION (continued): …  in a balanced way, improving performance. Since multiple disks increases the mean time between failures (MTBF), storing data redundantly also increases fault tolerance.

A RAID appears to the operating system to be a single logical hard disk. RAID employs the technique of disk striping, which involves partitioning each drive's storage space into units ranging from a sector (512 bytes) up to several megabytes. The stripes of all the disks are … 
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