HP ProLiant BL660c Configuring Arrays on HP Smart Array Controllers Reference - Page 94

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Drive arrays and fault-tolerance methods Drive arrays The capacity and performance of a single physical (hard) drive is adequate for home users. However, business users demand higher storage capacities, higher data transfer rates, and greater protection against data loss when drives fail. Connecting extra physical drives (Pn in the figure) to a system increases the total storage capacity but has no effect on the efficiency of read/write (R/W) operations. Data can still be transferred to only one physical drive at a time. Drive arrays and fault-tolerance methods 94

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Drive arrays and fault-tolerance methods
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Drive arrays and fault-tolerance methods
Drive arrays
The capacity and performance of a single physical (hard) drive is adequate for home users. However,
business users demand higher storage capacities, higher data transfer rates, and greater protection
against data loss when drives fail.
Connecting extra physical drives (P
n
in the figure) to a system increases the total storage capacity but has
no effect on the efficiency of read/write (R/W) operations. Data can still be transferred to only one
physical drive at a time.