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RAID 5, RAID Ready, Advantages

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Chapter 6: Technology Background RAID 5 Advantages High Read data transaction rate Medium Write data transaction rate Good aggregate transfer rate Disadvantages Disk failure has a medium impact on throughput Recommended Applications for RAID 5: • File and Application servers • WWW, E-mail, and News servers • Intranet servers • Most versatile RAID level RAID 10 Advantages Disadvantages Implemented as a mirrored logical drive Very high disk overhead - uses only whose segments are striped logical 50% of total capacity drives High I/O rates are achieved thanks to multiple stripe segments Recommended Applications for RAID 10: • Imaging applications • Database servers • General fileserver RAID Ready Advantages Easy management of multiple independent physical drives Disadvantages No increase in performance, capacity or fault tolerance. Recommended Applications for RAID Ready: • Non-critical file storage • Swappable data storage When combined with a backup drive, RAID Ready is comparable to RAID 1. See "Backing up a RAID Ready Logical Drive" on page 71. 101

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Chapter 6: Technology Background
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RAID 5
Recommended Applications for RAID 5:
File and Application servers
WWW, E-mail, and News servers
Intranet servers
Most versatile RAID level
RAID 10
Recommended Applications for RAID 10:
Imaging applications
Database servers
General fileserver
RAID Ready
Recommended Applications for RAID Ready:
Non-critical file storage
Swappable data storage
When combined with a backup drive, RAID Ready is comparable to RAID 1. See
“Backing up a RAID Ready Logical Drive” on page 71.
Advantages
Disadvantages
High Read data transaction rate
Medium Write data transaction rate
Good aggregate transfer rate
Disk failure has a medium impact on
throughput
Advantages
Disadvantages
Implemented as a mirrored logical drive
whose segments are striped logical
drives
High I/O rates are achieved thanks to
multiple stripe segments
Very high disk overhead - uses only
50% of total capacity
Advantages
Disadvantages
Easy management of multiple
independent physical drives
No increase in performance, capacity or
fault tolerance.