Asus X99-E-10G WS User Manual

ASUS X99-E-10G WS
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Chapter 5
RAID Support
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Chapter 5: RAID Support
5.1 RAID configurations
The motherboard comes with the Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology that supports RAID 0,
RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 5 conguration.
If you want to install a Windows
®
operating system to a hard disk drive included in a RAID
set, you have to create a RAID driver disk and load the RAID driver during OS installation.
Refer to section 5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk for details.
5.1.1 RAID definitions
RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in
parallel, interleaved stacks. Two hard disks perform the same work as a single drive but at a
sustained data transfer rate, double that of a single disk alone, thus improving data access
and storage. Use of two new identical hard disk drives is required for this setup.
RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies and maintains an identical image of data from one drive to
a second drive. If one drive fails, the disk array management software directs all applications
to the surviving drive as it contains a complete copy of the data in the other drive. This RAID
conguration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to the entire system. Use
two new drives or use an existing drive and a new drive for this setup. The new drive must be
of the same size or larger than the existing drive.
RAID 5 strips both data and parity information across three or more hard disk drives. Among
the advantages of RAID 5 conguration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and
higher storage capacity. The RAID 5 conguration is best suited for transaction processing,
relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other business systems.
Use a minimum of three identical hard disk drives for this setup.
RAID 10 is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having
to be calculated and written. With the RAID 10 conguration you get all the benets of both
RAID 0 and RAID 1 congurations. Use four new hard disk drives or use an existing drive
and three new drives for this setup.
Windows
®
10 32-bit does not support RAID.

Asus X99-E-10G WS Specifications

General

ECC	Yes
Memory channels	Quad-channel
Memory slots type	DIMM
Number of memory slots	8
Supported memory types	DDR4-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	128 GB
Supported memory clock speeds	2133, 2400, 2666, 2800, 3000, 3200, 3333 MHz
HDD size	2.5/3.5 \
PCI Express power connectors (6-pin)	1
Processor socket	LGA 2011-v3
Intel Xeon series	E5-1600, E5-2600
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Compatible processor series	Intel® Xeon®
Graphics card family	AMD, NVIDIA
Parallel processing technology support	4-Way CrossFireX, 4-Way SLI
RAID levels	0, 1, 5, 10
Number of HDDs supported	10
Supported storage drive types	HDD & SSD
Supported storage drive interfaces	SATA III
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) connectors	0
BIOS type	UEFI AMI
ACPI version	5.0
BIOS memory size	16 Mbit
Desktop Management Interface (DMI) version	2.7
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity	4
Wi-Fi	No
LAN controller	Intel® X550
Ethernet interface type	Gigabit Ethernet
Cables included	SATA
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C
Operating temperature (T-T)	10 - 35 °C
Storage relative humidity (H-H)	20 - 90 %
Audio chip	Realtek ALC1150
Component for	Workstation
Motherboard chipset	Intel® X99
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	CEB
PCI Express x16 (Gen 3.x) slots	7

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	267 mm
Width	305 mm