RA4000e Series User manual
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This chapter introduces the features and capabilities of RA4000e
Series.
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A full introduction to your RA4000e Series
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Details of key features
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A list of the product specifications
Overview
Congratulations on your selection of the RA4000e Series subsystem. The RA4000e Series is
a high-performance and extremely flexible RAID system. RAID (Redundant Array of
Independent/Inexpensive Disks) is a storage technology used to improve the processing
capabilities of a storage system, providing a combination of reliability and performance. The
RA4000e Series is ideally suited for integration with databases, e-mail, web servers and
imaging systems.
The RA4000e Series is the ultimate approach to a flexible RAID solution. It can manage three
different RAID levels (0, 0+1 and 5) and also offers the option of RAID 5+hot spare. You will
find detailed explanation on the features and suggested uses of these RAID levels later in this
chapter.
The RA4000e Series features a user-friendly drive carrier design that lets you easily install
four drives. Each drive carrier supports a one-inch high 3.5-inch form factor drive.
Featuring intelligent online recovery, the RA4000e Series lets you hot swap a failed drive:
data will automatically be rebuilt to the new drive without any system down time. The four
drive design allows also one drive to be designated a hot spare: if one of other drives fails, the
will seamlessly rebuild the failed drive’s data on the hot spare.
