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Selecting a RAID Level
Chapter 3
RAID Levels
This chapter describes each supported RAID level and the factors to
consider when choosing a RAID level. It contains the following sections:
Section 3.1, "Selecting a RAID Level"
Section 3.2, "RAID 0"
Section 3.3, "RAID 1"
Section 3.4, "RAID 5"
Section 3.5, "RAID 10"
Section 3.6, "RAID 50"
To ensure the best performance, you should select the optimal RAID
level when you create a system drive. The optimal RAID level for your
disk array depends on a number of factors:
The number of drives in the disk array
The capacity of the drives in the array
The need for data redundancy
The disk performance requirements
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