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D-10 Understanding Drive Arrays No Fault Tolerance (RAID 0) RAID 0 does not provide fault tolerance. This level of RAID stripes data across all the drives of the array, but it does not incorporate a method to create redundant data. Therefore, if you choose this RAID option for any of your logical drives, you will experience data loss for that logical drive if one physical drive fails. However, because none of the capacity of the logical drives is used for redundant data, RAID 0 offers the best processing speed and capacity. For this reason, you may consider assigning RAID 0 to drives that require large capacity and high speed but do not contain critical data. Before choosing the RAID 0 option, be sure to consider the following: s Disk failure will result in data loss for all RAID 0 logical drives. s You cannot assign an online spare to an array containing a RAID 0 logical drive. Online Spare During configuration, consider assigning an online spare to further improve your system's fault tolerance. An online spare (sometimes called a hot-spare) is a drive the controller uses when a drive failure occurs. If a drive fails, the controller rebuilds the data that was on the failed drive onto the online spare. The controller also sends data that it would normally store on the failed drive directly to the online spare. The online spare improves the overall system fault tolerance by automatically replacing a failed drive and quickly restoring the system to full RAID fault tolerance protection. During the time the system is operating in interim recovery mode with the failed drive, the system is vulnerable to an additional drive failure. You can install up to four online spares for each SMART-2DH Controller. To provide an online spare, you must have at least one installed but unassigned physical drive and the system must be running some type of fault tolerance method (RAID 1, RAID 4, or RAID 5). Writer: Pamela King Project: SMART-2DH Array Controller Reference Guide Comments: 295469-002 File Name: K-APPD.DOC Last Saved On: 2/27/98 12:06 PM COMPAQ CONFIDENTIAL - NEED TO KNOW REQUIRED

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D-10
Understanding Drive Arrays
Writer: Pamela King
Project: SMART-2DH Array Controller Reference Guide
Comments: 295469-002
File Name: K-APPD.DOC
Last Saved On: 2/27/98 12:06 PM
COMPAQ CONFIDENTIAL - NEED TO KNOW REQUIRED
No Fault Tolerance (RAID 0)
RAID 0 does not provide fault tolerance. This level of RAID stripes data
across all the drives of the array, but it does not incorporate a method to create
redundant data. Therefore, if you choose this RAID option for any of your
logical drives, you will experience data loss for that logical drive if one
physical drive fails.
However, because none of the capacity of the logical drives is used for
redundant data, RAID 0 offers the best processing speed and capacity. For this
reason, you may consider assigning RAID 0 to drives that require large
capacity and high speed but do not contain critical data.
Before choosing the RAID 0 option, be sure to consider the following:
■
Disk failure will result in data loss for all RAID 0 logical drives.
■
You cannot assign an online spare to an array containing a RAID 0
logical drive.
Online Spare
During configuration, consider assigning an online spare to further improve
your system’s fault tolerance. An online spare (sometimes called a hot-spare)
is a drive the controller uses when a drive failure occurs. If a drive fails, the
controller rebuilds the data that was on the failed drive onto the online spare.
The controller also sends data that it would normally store on the failed drive
directly to the online spare.
The online spare improves the overall system fault tolerance by automatically
replacing a failed drive and quickly restoring the system to full RAID fault
tolerance protection. During the time the system is operating in interim
recovery mode with the failed drive, the system is vulnerable to an additional
drive failure.
You can install up to four
online spares for each SMART-2DH Controller. To
provide an online spare, you must have at least one installed but unassigned
physical drive and the system must be running some type of fault tolerance
method (RAID 1, RAID 4, or RAID 5).