HP Xw8200 Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S: Software User's Guide - Page 12
RAID-50, Simple Volume, Spanned Volume
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Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User's Guide RAID-50 A RAID-50 is a dual-level array created by using two or more equal-sized RAID-5s to create a RAID-0. RAID-50 RAID-5 Data 0 & Data 1 Data 4 & Data 5 Data 8 & Data 9 Data 12 & Data 13 Top-Level Arrays RAID-5 Data 2 & Data 3 Data 6 & Data 7 Data 10 & Data 11 Data 14 & Data 15 Drive Data 0 Data 4 Parity A2 Data 12 Drive Data 1 Parity A1 Data 8 Data 13 Drive Parity A0 Data 5 Data 9 Parity A3 Drive Data 2 Data 6 Parity B2 Data 14 Second-Level Arrays Drive Data 3 Parity B1 Data 10 Data 15 Drive Parity B0 Data 7 Data 11 Parity B3 The top level RAID-0 shares the load among the second-level RAID-5s, improving both read and write performance. The second level RAID-5s use of parity provides efficient redundancy. Simple Volume A simple volume consists of a single disk drive. Spanned Volume A spanned volume is created by joining two or more disk drives. The drives do not have to be of equal capacity and are connected end-to-end. A spanned volume offers no redundancy and no performance advantage over a single drive. 1-6