Adaptec 5325302053 User Guide - Page 207
RAID Quick Reference, Comparing RAID Levels, Selecting a RAID Level by Size of Pool
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Appendix D RAID Quick Reference This appendix provides quick-reference information about the RAID levels supported by your iSCSI Storage Appliance. Comparing RAID Levels Use this table to select the RAID levels that are most appropriate for the pools on your IP SAN, based on the number of available disk drives and your requirements for performance and reliability. Only the RAID levels supported by your iSCSI Storage Appliance are listed. RAID Level Redundancy Disk Drive Usage Read Write Minimum Performance Performance Disk Drives RAID 0 No ✱ ✱ ✱ ✱ ✱ ✱ 2 RAID 1 Yes 100% ✱ ✱ ✱ ✱ 2 RAID 10 Yes 50% ✱ ✱ ✱ ✱ 4 RAID 5 Yes 50% ✱ ✱ ✱ ✱ 3 RAID 6 Yes 67% - 94% ✱ ✱ ✱ 4 Spanned No 50-88% ✱ Volume ✱ 2 Disk drive usage, read performance, and write performance depend on the number of drives in the pool. In general, the more drives, the better the performance. More information about each RAID level is available in the Glossary on page 213. Note None of the RAID levels listed include a built-in hot spare. Selecting a RAID Level by Size of Pool Use this table to select a RAID level based on the number of disk drives in your pool. Number of Disk Drives in Pool Possible RAID Levels One Simple volume
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