Choosing The Physical Drives - Promise Technology Network Device EX4650 User Manual

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Choosing the Physical Drives

The SuperTrak EX Controller card supports SAS and 1.5-Gb/s or 3.0-Gb/s SATA
physical drives. For optimal performance, install physical drives of the same
model and capacity.
Level
RAID 0
RAID 1
RAID 1E
RAID 5
* Requires SAS expansion
** Requires an even number of drives
The table above shows the number of drives required for each RAID level.
Number of Drives
1 or more
2 only
3 or more
3 to 16*
17
Level
Number of Drives
RAID 6
RAID 10
4 or more**
RAID 50
RAID 60
Chapter 2: Installation
4 to 16*
6 or more
8 or more

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