Adaptec 6805Q 2270700-R User Manual

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Appendix B: Understanding RAID
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Selecting the Best RAID Level
Use this table to select the RAID levels that are most appropriate for the logical drives on your 
storage space, based on the number of available disk drives and your requirements for 
performance and reliability. 
Disk drive usage, read performance, and write performance depend on the number of drives in 
the logical drive. In general, the more drives, the better the performance.
RAID Level
Redundancy
Disk Drive 
Usage
Read 
Performance
Write 
Performance
Built-in 
Hot Spare
Minimum
Disk 
Drives
RAID 0
No
100%
ŠŠŠ
ŠŠŠ
No
2
RAID 1
Yes
50%
ŠŠ
ŠŠ
No
2
RAID 1E
Yes
50%
ŠŠ
ŠŠ
No
3
RAID 10
Yes
50%
ŠŠ
ŠŠ
No
4
RAID 5
Yes
67 – 94%
ŠŠŠ
Š
No
3
RAID 5EE
Yes
50 – 88%
ŠŠŠ
Š
Yes
4
RAID 50
Yes
67 – 94%
ŠŠŠ
Š
No
6
RAID 6
Yes
50 – 88%
ŠŠ
Š
No
4
RAID 60
Yes
50 – 88%
ŠŠ
Š
No
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