RAID Level Data Availability ReadPerformance WritePerformance RebuildPerformance Minimum DisksRequired SuggestedUsesRAID 10 Excellent Very Good Fair Good 2N x X Data intensiveenvironments(large records).RAID 50 Good Very Good Fair Fair N + 2 (N = atleast 4)Medium sizedtransactional ordata intensiveuses.RAID 6 Excellent Sequentialreads: good.Transactionalreads: Very goodFair, unless usingwriteback cachePoor N + 2 (N = atleast two disks)Criticalinformation.Databases andother readintensivetransactionaluses.RAID 60 Excellent Very Good Fair Poor X x (N + 2) (N =at least 2)Criticalinformation.Medium sizedtransactional ordata intensiveuses.N = Number of physical disksX = Number of RAID setsSupported controllersSupported RAID controllersThe iDRAC interfaces support the following PERC9 controllers:• PERC H830• PERC H730P• PERC H730• PERC H330The iDRAC interfaces support the following PERC8 controllers:• PERC H810• PERC H710P• PERC H710• PERC H310The iDRAC interfaces support the following modular PERC controllers:• PERC FD33xS• PERC FD33xDNOTE: For more information on configuring and changing the controller mode on the PERC FD33xS and PERC FD33xDcontrollers, see theDell Chassis Management Controller Version 1.2 for PowerEdge FX2/FX2s User's Guide available atdell.com/support/manuals.191
