Promise Technology VTrak external disk array subsystem User Manual
Chapter 7: Technology Background
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attempts to distribute the number of disk drives equally among the axles but in
some cases, one axle will have more disk drives than another.
some cases, one axle will have more disk drives than another.
No. of Drives
in RAID 50
Array
No. of Axles
in RAID 50
Array
No. of Drives
per Axle
6
2
3,3
7
2
3,4
8
2
4,4
9
2
4,5
3
3,3,3
10
2
5,5
3
3,3,4
11
2
5,6
3
3,4,4
12
2
6,6
3
4,4,4
4
3,3,3,3