Promise Technology VessRAID 1740s User Manual

VessRAID 1740s, 1840s Product Manual
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RAID 10
Recommended Applications for RAID 10
• Imaging applications
• Database servers
• General file server
RAID 50
Recommended Applications for RAID 50
• File and Application servers
• Transaction processing
• Office application with many users accessing small files
RAID 60
Recommended Applications for RAID 60:
• Accounting and Financial
• Database servers
• Any application requiring very high availability
Advantages Disadvantages
Implemented as a mirrored disk array
whose segments are RAID 0 disk
arrays
High I/O rates are achieved thanks to
multiple stripe segments
Very high disk overhead - uses only
50% of total capacity
Advantages Disadvantages
High Read data transaction rate
Medium Write data transaction rate
Good aggregate transfer rate
High reliability
Supports large volume sizes
Higher disk overhead than RAID 5
Advantages Disadvantages
High Read data transaction rate
Medium Write data transaction rate
Good aggregate transfer rate
Safest RAID level
High disk overhead – equivalent of two
drives used for parity
Slightly lower performance than RAID
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Promise Technology VessRAID 1740s Specifications

General

Brand	Promise Technology
Model	VessRAID 1740s
Category	Network Storage Server
Language	English