Disk array controller: Difference between revisions

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A simple disk array controller may fit inside a computer, either as a [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]] [[expansion card]] or just built onto a [[motherboard]]. Such a controller usually provides [[Host adapter|host bus adapter]] (HBA) functionality itself to save physical space. Hence it is sometimes called a '''RAID adapter'''.

{{As of | 2007 | February }} [[Intel]] started integrating their own [[Intel_Matrix_RAIDIntel Matrix RAID|Matrix RAID controller]] in their more upmarket motherboards, giving control over 4 devices and an additional 2 SATA connectors, and totalling 6 SATA connections (3Gbit/s each). For backward compatibility one IDE connector able to connect 2 ATA devices (100 Mbit/s) is also present.

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