Hi everybody,
I don’t know if this is the right category - if not, please move it.
My questions regarding the Intel RAID management software (IRST console):
a) Which purpose does the initialization have?
b) Is it necessary for RAID1? I think most people even don’t know about this small button in console…
c) What’s the difference between initialization and verify?
Thank you!
Nobody?
@ pustekuchencake:
I am sorry for my delayed answer, but I haven’t been online for a while, when you posted your questions.
a) Here is the answer given by Intel:
b) It may not be really necessary as long as your RAID1 has been correctly initialized and is working fine.
c) See answer to a).
@Fernando : no problem! Holidays are holidays.
b) Hmm. What do you mean with “correctly initialized”? I think most people only create a new raid via Intel RAID o-rom (during POST) and don’t realize that there is a small button in the Intel RAID console (Windows)…But in which state is such a RAID(1)?
Intel writes that an initialization is the process of synchronizing all redundant data. However I think a RAID which was only created via o-rom (without initialization), is also in running order (i.e. synchronized)… or not?
What do you think?
Yes, but it is possible to do it from within the RST Console as well.
Only users, whose previous RAID array creation has not been successfully finished or got a failure later on, will benefit from this RST Console option.
Usually yes, but nevertheless a failure may happen.
IMO it’s quite strange then that Intel doesn’t self initiate an initialization-process or at least displays a warning when opening IRST console 