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Introduction
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RAID Management
The SurfRAID TRITON Mini can implement several different levels of RAID
technology. RAID levels supported by the SurfRAID TRITON Mini are shown
below.
RAID
Level
Description
Min
Drives
0
1
3
5
0 + 1
Block striping is provide, which yields higher performance than with
individual drives. There is no redundancy.
Drives are paired and mirrored. All data is 100% duplicated on an
equivalent drive. Fully redundant.
Data is striped across several physical drives. Parity protection is used
for data redundancy.
Data is striped across several physical drives. Parity protection is used
for data redundancy.
Combination of RAID levels 0 and 1. This level provides striping and
redundancy through mirroring.
2
3
3
4
2