Promise Technology Vess A6600 - Rives; N Umber of D Rives R Equired

InstallIng dIsk drIves
The Vess A6000 subsystems support:
• SATA / SAS hard disks
• 3.5-inch hard disk drives
• SAS 2.5-inch hard disk drives (Optional)
nuMber oF driveS required
The table below shows the number of drives required for each RAID level
Level Number of Drives Level Number of Drives
RAID 0
1 or more
RAID 6
4 to 32
RAID 1
2 only
RAID 10
4 or more*
RAID 1E
2 or more
RAID 50
6 or more
RAID 5
3 to 32
RAID 60
8 or more
*Must be an even number of drives.
Caution
TheVessA6000supportsdiskdrivehot-swapping.Toavoidhandcontact
withanelectricalhazard,donotremovemorethanonedrivecarriera
time.
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