Raid 6 Configuration - Quantum DXi6900 User Manual

Chapter 1: System Description
Supported RAID Configurations
Figure 14: DXi6900 Node RAID Sets
1 - Hot Spare
2 - BOOT
3 - META 1
4 - META 2

RAID 6 Configuration

RAID 6 uses block-level striping with two parity blocks distributed across all member disks. Dual parity
provided by a RAID 6 configuration ensures that your data retains full integrity even in the event of two hard
drive failures. .
The DXi6900-S uses RAID 6 volumes for data storage (see
Quantum DXi6900 User's Guide
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2
5 - META 3
6 - META 4
7 - META 5
8 - META 6
5 7 9
4 6 8
9 - BOOT
10 - META 1
11 - META 2
12 - META 3
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11 13 15
10 12 14
13 - META 4
14 - META 5
15 - META 6
16 - Hot Spare
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