A-8Adaptec Storage Manager Pro User’s GuideStripe Set (RAID 0)A stripe set is an array made up of two or more drives. The stripe setdistributes, or stripes, data evenly across its respective drives inequal-sized sections called chunks.A stripe set distributes the data among the partitions in a way thatoptimizes access speed (high performance). A stripe set does nothave the redundancy of a mirror set or RAID 5 set.Figure A-4 depicts a stripe set made up of three partitions on threeseparate drives. The free space of the larger drive is not used.Figure A-4. A stripe set made up of the partitions, each on three different drivesStripe Set APartition A14 GB12 GBChunks 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9...Chunks 1,4,7...Free Space (2 GB)Partition A24 GBChunks 2,5,8...Partition A34 GBChunks 3,6,9...Drive 1 Drive 2 Drive 3
