Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC) SATA RAID Maximum Hardware Configurations Supported

Environment

Intel® VROC for Windows*

The Intel® VROC (SATA RAID) package supports several combinations of SATA drives, arrays and RAID volumes. The following information lists and explains the maximum hardware configurations allowed. For an overview of the Intel® VROC supported configurations, refer to Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC) Supported Configurations.

Intel® VROC (SATA RAID) Features

The Intel® VROC maximum hardware configurations are one of the key features of the Intel® VROC (SATA RAID) sub-product. To learn about other key features of this Intel® VROC sub-product, refer to Key Features of Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC) SATA RAID for Windows*.

Maximum Number of SATA Drives Supported in a RAID Volume

Intel® VROC (SATA RAID) supports the ability to create SATA RAID volumes from a maximum number of drives equal to the number of ports on the SATA controller on the platform.

Maximum Number of sSATA/tSATA Drives Supported in a RAID Volume

Intel® VROC (SATA RAID) supports the ability to create sSATA/tSATA RAID volumes from a maximum number of drives equal to the number of ports on the sSATA/tSATA controller on the platform.

Maximum Number of RAID Volumes

Intel® VROC (SATA RAID) supports the ability to create a maximum number of RAID volumes equal to double the number of maximum arrays supported by the platform (corresponding to the SATA/sSATA/tSATA controller).