
Array Basics
DataDirect Networks EF2800 FC RAID Storage System User Guide (V 1.0)
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The read performance of a RAID 50 array is excellent—better than a
RAID 5 array—along with better data protection. Write performance is
lower than that of a RAID 0 array, because write operations involve
calculating and writing new parity data as well as writing the new user
data.
B.1.7 Volume Sets
A volume set provides the ability to create a host-accessible LUN that
maps to a single disk in the array, similar to JBOD. Volume sets are non
redundant and have a capacity slightly less than the physical disk they
are created from. Volume sets are useful if you have a single disk
available and you do not want to use it as a spare.
For more information on RAID levels, see The RAIDbook: A Source Book
for RAID Technology, published by the RAID Advisory Board (St. Peter,
Minnesota, February, 1996).
B.2 Comparing RAID Levels
Figure 76 illustrates the differences between the different RAID levels.
Figure 76. RAID Levels Comparison
RAID Level
Min. # of
Drives
Description Strengths Weakness
RAID 0 2 Data striping
without
redundancy
Highest performance No data protection —
one drive fails, all data
is lost
RAID 1 2 Disk mirroring Very high
performance and data
protection, Minimal
penalty on write
performance
High redundancy cost
overhead—because
all data is duplicated,
twice the storage
capacity is required
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