About configuring RAID 1 on nForce 430 with Multiboot System

A few months ago I experienced the hard disk drive was
corrupted unfortunately and the blue screen appeared
while I was working in the office. Because of breakdown
within the guarantee period, I didn't have to take on the
responsibility. However, I have been faced with the
necessity to deal with an abrupt hardware failure.
This is why I try to configure RAID 1 on my nForce
430 (MCP61).

First, I started in to enable RAID globally and on the
individual SATA ports from Serial-ATA Configuration
window in the System BIOS.

Figure 1  Serial-ATA Configuration window

After creating the RAID array using the RAID BIOS,
MediaShield Utility window shows the RAID array
healthy.

Figure 2  MediaShield Utility

The RAID prompt shows the RAID array healthy
as a matter of cource.

Figure 3  RAID Prompt

You can rebuild the array from the Array Detail screen.

Figure 4  Array Detail Screen

You can use the arrow keys to select the disk.

Figure 5  Array Detail-1.0 selected


Figure 6  Array Detail-2.1 selected


Figure 7  Rebuild Array Prompt

During the rebuild MediaShield Utility window shows
the RAID array rebuild.

Figure 8  MediaShield Utility

In addition, the RAID prompt shows the RAID array rebuild.

Figure 9  RAID Prompt

When you install Fedora 10 on the RAID array, you
won't see /dev/sdax but /dev/mapper/nvidia_xxxxxxxx.

Figure 10  Fedora Select Partition window

When you install FreeBSD 7.1 on the RAID array, you won't
select adx but ar0.

Figure 11  FreeBSD Select Drive window

Finally, we would confirm a part of RAID 1 performance
using HDD benchmark software.

Figure 12 Figure 13

Figure 12 shows the case of the RAID array including
several operating systems and Figure 13 shows the
case of the RAID array not including operating systems.

Figure 14

Figure 12 and Figure 13 shows the case of the rotational
speed which is 7200rpm and Figure 14 shows the case of
the rotational speed which is 5400 rpm and the case of
a single drive not including operating systems.