Adaptec asr-5405 kit [78/116] Raid 5 arrays

Adaptec asr-5405 kit [78/116] Raid 5 arrays
RAID 5 Arrays
A RAID 5 array is built from a minimum of three disk drives, and uses data striping and parity data to
provide redundancy. Parity data provides data protection, and striping improves performance.
Parity data is an error-correcting redundancy thats used to re-create data if a disk drive fails. In RAID
5 arrays, parity data (represented by Ps in the next gure) is striped evenly across the disk drives with
the stored data.
Drive segment size is limited to the size of the smallest disk drive in the array. For instance, an array
with two 250 GB disk drives and two 400 GB disk drives can contain 750 GB of stored data and 250 GB
of parity data, as shown in this gure.
Unused Space = 150 GB
Disk Drive 1
Disk Drive 2
Disk Drive 3
Disk Drive 4
250 GB
250 GB
400 GB
400 GB
Drive Segment Size
(Smallest Disk Drive)
Disk Drive 2
Disk Drive 3
Disk Drive 4
Disk Drive 1
Unused Space = 150 GB
Disk Drives in Logical Drive
RAID 5 Logical Drive = 750 GB plus Parity
P1 4 . . .
7482 5 . . .
7493 P . . .
750P 6 . . .
78Proprietary and Condential to PMC-Sierra, Inc., and for its customers.
Document No.: CDP-00310-01-A Rev. A, Issue
Serial Attached SCSI RAID Controllers Installation and User's Guide

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