RAID Configuration Strategies
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> RAID Configuration Strategies

> Maximizing Fault Tolerance
> Maximizing Performance
> Maximizing Storage Capacity

> The following factors in RAID drive group configuration are most important:

> | Virtual drive availability (fault tolerance)

> | Virtual drive performance

> | Virtual drive capacity

> You cannot configure a virtual drive that optimizes all three factors, but it is easy to choose a virtual drive configuration that maximizes one factor at the expense of another factor. For example, RAID 1 (mirroring) provides excellent fault tolerance, but requires a redundant drive.

> The following subsections describe how to use the RAID levels to maximize virtual drive availability (fault tolerance), virtual drive performance, and virtual drive capacity.

DB15-001059-00-April 2013
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