
18 ASUS PCI-DA2100 User’s Manual
C. RAID Concept
C. RAID Concept
RAID Concept
RAID 3
Block Striping with Dedicated Parity - Data is broken into logical blocks, the size of
a SCSI disk block, and striped across several drives. One drive is dedicated to
parity. In the event of failure, original data is re-generated from the parity informa-
tion.
Drive 0 Drive 1 Drive 2 Drive 3 Drive 4
A0 A1 A2 A3 P
A4 B0 B1 B2 P
B3 B4 C0 C1 P
C2 C3 C4 D0 P
RAID 5
Multiple Block Striping with Dedicated Parity - Sets a given number logical blocks
as a unit for striping across several drives. For small read/write, as few as one drive
may be activated for improved small record access speed. Parity information is
interleaved across the drive array. In the event of failure, original data is regener-
ated from the parity information.
Drive 0 Drive 1 Drive 2 Drive 3 Drive 4
A0-A1 A2-A3 A4-B0 B1-B2 P
B3-B4 P C0-C1 C2-C3 C4-D0
D1-D2 D3-D4 P E0-E1 E2-E3
E4-F0 F1-F2 F3-F4 P G0-G1
Required Number of Drives and Net Capacity
Following is a summary of the minimum number of drives required and the capacity
available for the different types of RAID operation:
OPERATION MIN. DRIVES CAP. AVAILABLE
RAID 0 2 T
RAID 1 2 T / 2
RAID 0 + 1 4 T / 2
RAID 3 3 T x (n - 1) / n
RAID 5 3 T x (n - 1) / n
T = Sum of the capacity of all connected drives
n = Number of connected drives
Kommentare zu diesen Handbüchern