Compaq 3000 - Manual (Page 48)

Chapter 2. RAID Array Controller
EK–SMCPQ–UG. C01 2–15
Figure 2–9 Diagram of a RAID 5 Write
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Host Data
Controller divides the
data into chunksized units
and calculates parity
There is still data left
so the Controller
repeats the Process
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Striped data and parity
written to the array
Striped data
written to the array
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Parity =
Parity =
and parity
RAID 5 handles drive failures in the same manner as RAID 4, except the parity
is different for each stripe. The controller either uses the parity information on a
stripe to reconstruct its data or simply reads the data as normal, depending on the
location of the stripe’s parity drive.