BSelecting the Best RAID LevelIn this appendix...Comparing RAID Levels ...................................................................................................... 154Understanding Drive Segments........................................................................................... 154Non-redundant Logical Drives (RAID 0) ........................................................................... 155RAID 1 Logical Drives.......................................................................................................... 156RAID 1 Enhanced Logical Drives ........................................................................................ 156RAID 10 Logical Drives........................................................................................................ 157RAID 5 Logical Drives.......................................................................................................... 158RAID 5EE Logical Drives ..................................................................................................... 159RAID 50 Logical Drives........................................................................................................ 160RAID 6 Logical Drives.......................................................................................................... 161RAID 60 Logical Drives........................................................................................................ 161When you create logical drives in Adaptec Storage Manager, you can assign a RAID level toprotect your data.Each RAID level offers a unique combination of performance and redundancy. RAID levelsalso vary by the number of disk drives they support.This chapter provides a comparison of all the RAID levels supported by Adaptec StorageManager, and provides a basic overview of each to help you select the best level of protectionfor your storage system.
