Fujitsu Eternus DX600 S3 - Chapter 4 Process Time (Estimated); Volume Formatting Time; Table 4.1 Volume Formatting Time (Disk)

Chapter 4
Process Time (Estimated)
This chapter explains the estimated time required for volume formatting and for rebuild/copyback for each
RAID level configuration.
4.1 Volume Formatting Time
The following table shows the time required for the volume formatting process (when the volume capacity is
100GB).
Table 4.1 Volume Formatting Time (Disk)
RAID level
Number of disks
Volume formatting time (*1)
2.5" SAS disks 3.5" SAS disks Nearline SAS disks
RAID1 2 Approx. 40 minutes/
100GB
Approx. 35 minutes/
100GB
Approx. 73 minutes/
100GB
RAID1+0 8 Approx. 30 minutes/
100GB
Approx. 25 minutes/
100GB
Approx. 43 minutes/
100GB
RAID5 5 Approx. 25 minutes/
100GB
Approx. 25 minutes/
100GB
Approx. 49 minutes/
100GB
RAID5+0 6 Approx. 30 minutes/
100GB
Approx. 25 minutes/
100GB
Approx. 43 minutes/
100GB
RAID6 6 Approx. 40 minutes/
100GB
Approx. 30 minutes/
100GB
Approx. 58 minutes/
100GB
*1: The value shows the time required for volume formatting when the volume capacity is 100GB and there
is no server I/O. The time that is required depends on the type and configuration of the disk.
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