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S tep Action
As of now, Active-Standby mode is alone supported, in which only one storage pool will be created across
4
all the drives for the selected enclosure.
Please refer the following supported configurations.
3600i Configuration
Write RAID S upported
Intensive
S S D
4 RAID 5: [4 Drives + 0
Spare]
3610i Configuration
Write RAID S upported
Intensive
S S D
4 RAID 5: [4 Drives + 0
Spare]
6 RAID 5: [5 Drives + 1
Spare]
RAID 5: [6 Drives + 0
Spare]
8 RAID 5: [7 Drives + 1
Spare]
RAID 5: [8 Drives + 0
Spare]
In this example, 4 Write Intensive SSDs & 12 Read Intensive SSDs were used for RAID configuration on
3600i.
To proceed further, select "RAID 5: [4 Drives] for Write Intensive Tier". "RAID 5: [5 Drives + 1
HotSpare] x 2" is selected for Read Intensive Tier which means two RAID 5 logical disks will be created
for Read Intensive Tier.
StorTrends® 3600i/3610i Dual Controller IP-SAN Storage Appliance Setup Guide
Read Intensive RAID S upported
S S D
12 RAID 5: [11 Drives + 1 Spare]
RAID 6: [12 Drives + 0 Spare]
RAID 5: [5 Drives + 1 Spare ] x 2
RAID 6: [6 Drives + 0 Spare ] x 2
6 [Partial] RAID 5: [5 Drives + 1 Spare]
RAID 6: [6 Drives + 0 Spare]
Read Intensive RAID S upported
S S D
12 RAID 5: [11 Drives + 1 Spare]
RAID 6: [12 Drives + 0 Spare]
10 RAID 5: [9 Drives + 1 Spare]
RAID 6: [10 Drives + 0 Spare]
8 RAID 5: [7 Drives + 1 Spare]
RAID 6: [8 Drives + 0 Spare]
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