N Umber Of D Rives R Equired - Promise Vess A2600 Product Manual

Product Manual
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The Vess Class A Series subsystems support:
• SATA hard disks
• 3.5-inch hard disk drives
For a list of supported physical drives, download the latest compatibility list from the PROMISE
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The table below shows the number of drives required for each RAID level
Level Number of Drives
RAID 0 1 or more
RAID 1 2 only
RAID 1E 2 or more
RAID 3 3 to 32
RAID 5 3 to 32
*Must be an even number of drives.
Caution
The Vess supports disk drive hot-swapping. To avoid hand contact with an
electrical hazard, do not remove more than one drive carrier a time.
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Level Number of Drives
RAID 6
RAID 10
RAID 30
RAID 50
4 to 32
4 or more*
6 or more
6 or more
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