G A L A X Y N A S L X 5 C O N F I G U R A T I O N A N D S Y S T E M I N T E G R A T I O N G U I D E
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Section 3 Menu Functions
RAID 0: it is stripe array and requires [minimum] 2 units. In RAID 0 you can set the Chunksize 4k ÷
256k. The destination size of the RAID Array will be the sum of each drive size in array.
RAID 1: mirror array requires 2 units. Destination size will be equal: SINGLE) UNIT_SIZE, where
(SINGLE) UNIT_SIZE is the size of the smallest unit in array.
RAID 5: parity algorithm array (required [minimum] 3 units - with the same capacity). You can
choose from the ListBoxes: (layout) parity-algorithm [left/right] [symmetric/asymmetric]. DESTINATION
SIZE: (NR_OF_UNITS-1)*(SINGLE)UNIT_SIZE, where (SINGLE) UNIT_SIZE is the size of the smallest
unit in array.
The (layout) parity-algorithm in RAID 5 is described below.
RAID 5 (layout) parity-algorithm
It is possible to set one of four algorithms of placement data blocks and parity blocks in matrix. Our
default option is left-symmetric, which is the best for large reads. Other recommended value is left-
asymmetric.
Note: Software RAID 5 is not a good choice for writing a lot of very small files!
Left-Asymmetric Algorithm
Unit S0 Unit S1 Unit S2
Unit S3
0 1 2
Parity
3
4 Parity 5
6 Parity
7
8
Parity 9 10 11
12 13 14
Parity
Right-Asymmetric Algorithm
Unit S0
Unit S1
Unit S2 Unit S3
Parity 0
1
2
3 Parity 4
5
6
7 Parity 8
9 10 11
Parity
Parity 12 13 14
Left-Symmetric Algorithm
Unit S0 Unit S1 Unit S2
Unit S3
0 1 2
Parity
4
5 Parity 3
8 Parity 6
7
Parity 9 10 11
12 13 14
Parity
Right-Symmetric Algorithm
Unit S0
Unit S1
Unit S2 Unit S3
Parity 0
1
2
5 Parity 3
4
7
8 Parity 6
9 10 11
Parity
Parity 12 13 14
RAID6: parity algorithm array (required, minimum 4 units - with the same capacity). You can
choose from the List Boxes: (layout)parity-algorithm [left/right] [symmetric/asymmetric]. DESTINATION
SIZE: (NR_OF_UNITS-2)*(SINGLE)UNIT_SIZE, where (SINGLE) UNIT_SIZE is the size of the smallest
unit in array.
The (layout) parity-algorithm in RAID 6 is described below.
RAID 6 (layout) parity-algorithm
It is possible to set one from four algorithms of placement data blocks and parity blocks in matrix. Our
default option is left-symmetric which the best is for large reads. Other recommended value is left-
asymmetric.