Typical Storage Space Configurations; A Simple Storage Space; An Advanced Storage Space - Adaptec CDP-00278-02-A User Manual

Typical Storage Space Configurations

The following examples show typical storage spaces that you can build with maxView Storage Manager.
You can grow your storage space as your requirements change by adding more systems, controllers,
disk drives, and enclosures, and by adding redundant logical drives for protection against data loss.

A Simple Storage Space

This example shows a simple storage space that might be appropriate for a small business. This storage
space includes one RAID controller and three disk drives installed in a server. For data protection, the
disk drives have been used to build a RAID 5 logical drive.
Business and
Customer Data

An Advanced Storage Space

This example shows how you can grow your storage space as the requirements of your application
change. On the first server, segments from each disk drive have been used to build two RAID 5 logical
drives. A second server connected to two 12-disk enclosures has been added. The additional storage
space has been used to create two RAID 50 logical drives. The Administrator of this storage space can
create and modify logical drives and monitor both controllers, disk drives, and enclosures from a single
system running the maxView Storage Manager GUI.
Business Data
RAID 5
RAID 5
Server with Adaptec RAID
controllers and disk drives
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Server with Adaptec RAID
controller and 3 disk drives
Local system running
maxView Storage Manager
Network
connection
Server with Adaptec RAID controller running
maxView Storage Manager Agent
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System running
maxView Storage Manager
Storage enclosure with
disk drives installed
Customer Data
RAID 50
RAID 50
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