Adaptec 2169400-R User Guide - Page 165
RAID 6 Logical Drives, a RAID 60 logical drive-also referred to
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Appendix C: Selecting the Best RAID Level ● 165 RAID 6 Logical Drives A RAID 6 logical drive-also referred to as dual drive failure protection-is similar to a RAID 5 logical drive because it uses data striping and parity data to provide redundancy. However, RAID 6 logical drives include two independent sets of parity data instead of one. Both sets of parity data are striped separately across all disk drives in the logical drive. RAID 6 logical drives provide extra protection for your data because they can recover from two simultaneous disk drive failures. However, the extra parity calculation slows performance (compared to RAID 5 logical drives). RAID 6 logical drives must be built from at least four disk drives. Maximum stripe size depends on the number of disk drives in the logical drive. Disk Drive 1 250 GB Drive Segment Size (Smallest Disk Drive) Disk Drive 2 250 GB Disk Drive 3 400 GB Disk Drive 4 400 GB Disk Drives in Logical Drive Disk Drive 1 1 P1 ... P2 Disk Drive 2 2 P2 ... 449 Disk Drive 3 P1 3 ... P1 Disk Drive 4 P2 4 ... 500 Unused Space = 150 GB Unused Space = 150 GB RAID 6 = 500 GB plus Parity (P1 & P2) Logical Drive RAID 60 Logical Drives Similar to a RAID 50 logical drive (see page 164), a RAID 60 logical drive-also referred to as dual drive failure protection- is built from at least eight disk drives configured as two or more RAID 6 logical drives, and stripes stored data and two sets of parity data across all disk drives in both RAID 6 logical drives. Two sets of parity data provide enhanced data protection, and striping improves performance. RAID 60 logical drives also provide high data transfer speeds.
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