Raid 5; Raid Ready - AMD M3A78-EMH HDMI User Manual

RAID 5

High Read data transaction rate
Medium Write data transaction rate
Good aggregate transfer rate
Recommended Applications for RAID 5:
• File and Application servers
• WWW, E-mail, and News servers
• Intranet servers
• Most versatile RAID level
RAID 10
Implemented as a mirrored logical drive
whose segments are striped logical
drives
High I/O rates are achieved thanks to
multiple stripe segments
Recommended Applications for RAID 10:
• Imaging applications
• Database servers
• General fileserver

RAID Ready

Easy management of multiple
independent physical drives
Recommended Applications for RAID Ready:
• Non-critical file storage
• Swappable data storage
When combined with a backup drive, RAID Ready is comparable to RAID 1. See
"Backing up a RAID Ready Logical Drive" on page 71.
Advantages
Advantages
Advantages
Chapter 6: Technology Background
Disadvantages
Disk failure has a medium impact on
throughput
Disadvantages
Very high disk overhead - uses only
50% of total capacity
Disadvantages
No increase in performance, capacity or
fault tolerance.
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