Chapter 1: Introduction to Adaptec Storage Manager ● 15Growing Your Storage Space with Adaptec Storage ManagerAs your requirements change, Adaptec Storage Manager grows with your storage space as youadd more controllers, more disk drives, more logical drives, and more data protection.A Simple Storage SpaceThis example shows a simple storage space that might be appropriate in a home office or for asmall business. This storage space includes one RAID controller and three disk drives installedin a server. For data protection, the disk drives have been used to build a RAID 5 logical drive.An Advanced Storage SpaceThis example shows how you can grow your storage space to meet the expanding requirementsof your business. On the first server, segments of space from each disk drive have been used tobuild two RAID 5 logical drives. A second server connected to two 12-disk-drive enclosureshas been added. The additional storage space has been used to create two RAID 50 logicaldrives. The Administrator of this storage space can create and modify logical drives andmonitor both controllers, disk drives, and enclosures from a single system, called the localsystem (see page 26).RAID 5Server with RAID Controllerand Disk DrivesSystem runningAdaptec Storage ManagerBusiness andCustomer DataLocalSystemRAID 5 System runningAdaptec Storage ManagerRAID 5Accounting andPayroll DataPersonnel DataServer with RAIDcontroller anddisk drivesServer with RAIDcontroller, runningAdaptec StorageManager AgentRAID50RAID50Storage enclosures withdisk drives installedCustomer DataNetwork (SAN) ConnectionLocalSystem
