Chapter 1: System Description
Supported RAID Configurations
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Supported RAID Configurations
RAID is short for Redundant Array of Independent (or Inexpensive) Disks, which is a category of storage
that employs two or more drives in combination for fault tolerance and performance.
DXi6900 G1 and G2 systems use the following RAID levels:
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Dynamic Disk Pool (DDP) Technology on page 34
DXi6900-S systems use the following RAID levels:
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RAID 6 Configuration on the next page
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Dynamic Disk Pool (DDP) Technology on page 34
RAID 1 Configuration
RAID 1 provides redundancy and fault tolerance by mirroring disks. Each disk in the RAID set contains a
copy of the same data. For example, in a RAID set with two disks, if one disk fails, all of the data still exists on
the other disk.
The DXi6900 G1 and G2 Nodes use RAID 1 sets for the boot disk (operating system) as well as for the
blookpool index.
The Node contains the following RAID 1 sets (see
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BOOT
- HDD slots 1 and 8 (operating system and journal files)
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META 1
- HDD slots 2 and 9 (blockpool index)
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META 2
- HDD slots 3 and 10 (blockpool index)
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META 3
- HDD slots 4 and 11 (blockpool index)
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META 4
- HDD slots 5 and 12 (blockpool index)
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META 5
- HDD slots 6 and 13 (blockpool index)
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META 6
- HDD slots 7 and 14 (blockpool index)
Note:
Node HDD slots 0 and 15 contain global hot spares.