StorTrends® 3600i/3610i Dual Controller IP-SAN Storage Appliance Setup Guide
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As of now, Active-Standby mode is alone supported, in which only one storage pool will be created across
all the drives for the selected enclosure.
Please refer the following supported configurations.
3600i Configuration
Write
Intensive
S S D
RAID S upported
Read Intensive
S S D
RAID S upported
4
RAID 5: [4 0
Spare]
12
RAID 5: [11 1 Spare]
RAID 6: [12 0 Spare]
RAID 5: [5 1 Spare ] x 2
RAID 6: [6 0 Spare ] x 2
6 [Partial]
RAID 5: [5 1 Spare]
RAID 6: [6 0 Spare]
3610i Configuration
Write
Intensive
S S D
RAID S upported
Read Intensive
S S D
RAID S upported
4
RAID 5: [4 0
Spare]
12
RAID 5: [11 1 Spare]
RAID 6: [12 0 Spare]
6
RAID 5: [5 1
Spare]
RAID 5: [6 0
Spare]
10
RAID 5: [9 1 Spare]
RAID 6: [10 0 Spare]
8
RAID 5: [7 1
Spare]
RAID 5: [8 0
Spare]
8
RAID 5: [7 1 Spare]
RAID 6: [8 0 Spare]
In this example, 4 Write Intensive SSDs & 12 Read Intensive SSDs were used for RAID configuration on
3600i.
To proceed further, select “RAID 5: [4 Drives] for Write Intensive Tier”. “RAID 5: [5 1
HotSpare] x 2” is selected for Read Intensive Tier which means two RAID 5 logical disks will be created
for Read Intensive Tier.
