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Compaq Smart Array 5i Plus Controller and Battery Backed Write Cache Enabler
COMPAQ CONFIDENTIAL
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Drive Arrays and Fault Tolerance
What Is a Drive Array? ...................................................................................................C-1
Fault-Tolerance Methods ................................................................................................C-5
RAID 0—No Fault Tolerance ..................................................................................C-5
RAID 1+0—Drive Mirroring ...................................................................................C-6
RAID 5—Distributed Data Guarding .......................................................................C-8
Other Fault-Tolerance Options ...............................................................................C-11
Hard Drive Installation and Replacement
Recognizing Drive Failure........................................................................................D-2
Compromised Fault Tolerance .................................................................................D-5
Automatic Data Recovery.........................................................................................D-6