Patent ID: 6996743

Claim:
A method for implementing a redundant data storage system comprising: automatically determining a hardware configuration of a computer system while installing a software operating system on a first data storage device of said computer system, the computer system comprising at least the first data storage device and a second data storage device, each of the first and second data storage devices comprising a disk storage device for general data storage for the computer system; receiving an instruction requesting implementation of a first configuration of said computer system, the first configuration comprising a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) configuration, the RAID configuration mirroring the first data storage device and the second data storage device such that a first copy of said software operating system is maintained upon the first data storage device of said computer system and a second copy of said software operating system is maintained upon the second data storage device of said computer system; and automatically implementing said RAID configuration while installing said software operating system on the first and second data storage devices.