HP LH4r Integrated HP NetRaid Controller Configuration Guide - Page 23

Table 2-1. RAID Level Summary for RAID Levels 0 to 5, RAID Level, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 3, RAID 5

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Chapter 2 RAID Overview Table 2-1. RAID Level Summary for RAID Levels 0 to 5 RAID Level Also Known As RAID 0 striping Fault Tolerance Redundancy Type Hot Spare Option Disks Required Usable Capacity Capacity Reduction Read Performance Random Write Performance Sequential Write Performance Typical Usage no none no one or more greatest none fast (depends on number of disks) fastest fastest Rapid reads and writes with no need for fault tolerance RAID 1 mirroring yes duplicate yes two least 50% intermediate intermediate intermediate Mostly small random writes with fault tolerance RAID 3 striping with dedicated parity yes parity RAID 5 striping with distributed parity yes parity yes yes three or more intermediate three or more intermediate capacity of one disk fast capacity of one disk fast slowest slow slow slowest Mostly large, serial transfers with fault tolerance Mostly small, random transfers with fault tolerance 17

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Chapter 2
RAID Overview
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Table 2-1. RAID Level Summary for RAID Levels 0 to 5
RAID Level
RAID 0
RAID 1
RAID 3
RAID 5
Also Known As
striping
mirroring
striping with
dedicated parity
striping with
distributed parity
Fault Tolerance
no
yes
yes
yes
Redundancy
Type
none
duplicate
parity
parity
Hot Spare
Option
no
yes
yes
yes
Disks Required
one or more
two
three or more
three or more
Usable
Capacity
greatest
least
intermediate
intermediate
Capacity
Reduction
none
50%
capacity of one
disk
capacity of one
disk
Read
Performance
fast (depends on
number of disks)
intermediate
fast
fast
Random Write
Performance
fastest
intermediate
slowest
slow
Sequential
Write
Performance
fastest
intermediate
slow
slowest
Typical Usage
Rapid reads and
writes with no
need for fault
tolerance
Mostly small
random writes
with fault
tolerance
Mostly large,
serial transfers
with fault
tolerance
Mostly small,
random transfers
with fault
tolerance