Designing RAID Adapters to Work with Windows

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Much confusion exists about how Microsoft Windows operating systems use storage devices such as RAID adapters. This paper discusses how to design RAID hardware and drivers so that they work well with Windows and meet the requirements of the Windows Logo Program.

The intended audience for this paper is hardware and driver developers. This paper does not provide all the necessary information for developing miniport drivers. For complete details, see the Windows Driver Kit documentation.

This information applies for the following operating systems:
Windows Server 2008
Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Server 2003

Included in this white paper:

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