Dell H310 User Manual page 19

Source RAID Target RAID Level Number of
Level
RAID 0 RAID 5
RAID 0 RAID 6
RAID 1 RAID 0
RAID 1 RAID 5
RAID 1 RAID 6
RAID 5 RAID 0
RAID 5 RAID 5
RAID 5 RAID 6
RAID 6 RAID 0
Number of
Physical Disks Physical Disks
(Beginning) (End)
1 or more 3 or more
1 or more 4 or more
2 2 or more
2 3 or more
2 4 or more
3 or more 3 or more
3 or more 4 or more
3 or more 4 or more
4 or more 4 or more
Capacity Description
Expansion
Possible
disk into a
mirrored virtual
disk by adding
one disk.
Yes At least one disk
needs to be
added for
distributed parity
data.
Yes At least two disks
need to be added
for dual
distributed parity
data.
Yes Removes
redundancy while
increasing
capacity.
Yes Maintains
redundancy while
doubling capacity.
Yes Two disks
required to be
added for
distributed parity
data.
Yes Converts to a non-
redundant virtual
disk and reclaims
disk space used
for distributed
parity data.
Yes Increases
capacity by
adding disks
Yes At least one disk
needs to be
added for dual
distributed parity
data.
Yes Converts to a non-
redundant virtual
disk and reclaims
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