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Installing Physical Drives
The Vess R3600 Series and Vess J3600 JBOD subsystems support:
•
SAS hard disks
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SATA hard disks (SATA drives require use of an adapter)
For a list of supported physical drives, download the latest compatibility list from the PROMISE
http://www.promise.com/support/
.
Number of Drives Required
The table below shows the number of drives required for each RAID level
Level Number of Drives
Level Number of Drives
RAID 0
1 or more
RAID 6
4 to 32
RAID 1
2 only
RAID 10
4 or more*
RAID 5
3 to 32
RAID 50
6 or more
RAID 60
8 or more
*Must be an even number of drives.
Caution
The Vess R3600 Series and Vess J3600 JBOD support disk drive
hot-swapping. To avoid hand contact with an electrical hazard,
do not remove more than one drive carrier a time.
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