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HighPoint RocketRAID 3700 Series User Manual

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Table 2. RAID Level Reference Guide
Type
Description
Min.
Usable
Advantage
Disadvantage
Application
disks
space
JBOD
Just a bunch
1
100%
Each drive can be accessed as a
No fault tolerance - failure of one
Backup
of disk
single volume
drive results in complete data loss
Disk Striping
Offers the highest performance
No fault tolerance - failure of one
Temporary file,
RAID 0
2
100%
drive results in complete data loss
performance driven
application.
Disk
Provides convenient low-cost
Useable storage space is 50% of
Operating system,
RAID 1
Mirroring
2
50%
data redundancy for smaller
total available capacity. Can
backup, and transaction
systems and servers
handle 1 disk failure.
database.
Disk
High read performance and
Useable storage capacity equals
Fast database and
RAID 10
Mirroring
4
50%
medium write performance
total capacity of all drives in the
application servers which
followed by
with data protection for up to
array minus two
need performance and
stripe
2-drive failures
data protection
High read performance, and
Not recommended for database
Data archives, and ideal
Disk Striping
medium write performance
applications that require
for application that
RAID 5
with Rotating
3
67-87%
with data protection with a
frequent/heavy write sessions.
require data protection
parity
single drive failure
Can handle 1 disk failure.
Disk
High read performance,
and
Not recommended for
Data archives and ideal
RAID 50
Mirroring
6
67-75%
medium write performance
applications that require
for application that
followed by
with data protection in case of
frequent/heavy write sessions.
requires data protection
RAID5
up to two drives failure
High read performance,
and
Not recommended for
Data archives and ideal
Disk Striping
medium write performance
applications that require
for application that
RAID 6
with dual
4
50-75%
with data protection in case of
frequent/heavy write sessions.
requires data protection
rotating
up to two drives failure
parity

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BrandHighPoint
ModelRocketRAID 3700 Series
CategoryComputer Hardware
LanguageEnglish

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