Logical Drive; Physical Drives; Raid 0 Arrays (Striped) - HP Xw6400 - Workstation - 4 GB RAM Manual

RAID 0 Arrays (Striped)

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Logical
Drive
Size = All of total
physical capacity
Raid 0=Striped
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Data is interleaved among the physical disks
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Data writes and reads are parallel
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Offering maximum hard disk performance
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All physical space is available (for example, two 40GB drives shown as one 80GB
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volume in OS)
Single hard drive failure results in loss of all data
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Perfect for applications requiring best possible hard drive/application performance
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Data blocks alternated between drives
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Drive A

Physical Drives

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Drive B
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