Installing Disk Drives; Drive Slot Numbering - Promise Technology VTRAK E610f Product Manual

Installing Disk Drives

You can populate the VTrak with SAS or SATA hard disk drives. For optimal
performance, install physical drives of the same model and capacity. The drives'
matched performance allows the logical drive to function better as a single drive.
The table below shows the number of drives required for each RAID level.
Level
RAID 0
RAID 1
RAID 1E
RAID 5
* E310f/s: Drive counts above 12 require an expansion unit.
** Must be an even number of drives.

Drive Slot Numbering

You can install any suitable disk drive into any slot in the enclosure. The diagram
below shows how VTrak's drive slots are numbered. Slot numbering is reflected
in the WebPAM PROe and CLU user interfaces.
Figure 6. VTrak E610f/s drive slot numbering
1
9
Number of Drives
1 or more
2 only
2 or more
3 to 16*
2
5 6
10
13
14
Level
RAID 6
RAID 10
RAID 50
RAID 60
3
7
11
15
17
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Number of Drives
4 to 16*
4 or more**
6 or more
8 or more
4
8
12
16