Determining Your Configuration - 3Ware 3W-6800 User Manual

3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide
To exit the 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utility without saving
your changes hit Esc.

Determining your configuration

Caution:
data onto its member disks and overwrites all the files
on those disks. Be sure to back up data that requires
retention.
With a 2-port Escalade Storage Switch you are limited to a two-
drive JBOD (Just a Bunch of Disks), or a two-drive RAID 0 or
RAID 1 array. With a 4-port Escalade Storage Switch, you can
combine two to four disks into a single array. With four disks you
can create a four-drive RAID 0 array, two RAID 1 arrays, one
RAID 5 array or one RAID 10 array.
The 4-port configuration can be duplicated using the 8-port
Escalade Storage Switch. In addition, you may also create a five,
six, seven or eight-drive RAID 0 or RAID 5 array, or an eight-drive
RAID 10 array.
The 3ware Disk Array Configuration main display shows the cur-
rent disk drive configuration.
• Available Drives reports independent drives (JBOD) not associ-
ated with an array.
• Disk Arrays lists any existing arrays along with their member
disks and hot spares.
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