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Contents
List of Figures
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List of Tables
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About This Guide
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1.
Features of the CHALLENGE RAID Storage System
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Storage System Components 5
SCSI-2 Interface 5
CHALLENGE RAID Storage-Control Processor 6
Storage System Chassis 8
Disk Modules 10
Data Availability and Performance 11
Data Redundancy 11
Enhanced Performance: Disk Striping 12
Enhanced Performance: Storage System Caching 12
Data Reconstruction and Rebuilding After Disk Module Failure 13
RAID Levels 14
RAID-0 Group: Nonredundant Array 14
RAID-1: Mirrored Pair 15
RAID-1_0 Group: Mirrored RAID-0 Group 16
RAID-5: Individual Access Array 18
RAID Hot Spare 20
Using the CHALLENGE RAID Command Line Interface 21
2.
Storage System Configurations
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Basic Configuration 25
Dual-Interface/Dual-Processor Configuration 26
Split-Bus Configuration 28
Dual-Bus/Dual-Initiator Configuration 31