Compaq RAID ARRAY 3000 EK-SMCPO-UG. C01 - Manual (Page 46)

2-12 RAID Array 3000 Pedestal Storage Subsystem Hardware User’s Guide
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RAID Levels Supported
The RAID Array 3000 controller supports the following RAID levels:
Table 2-3
RAID Levels Supported
RAID Level Description
0 Striping without parity
1 Mirroring
0+1 Striping and mirroring
4 Striping with fixed parity drive
5 Striping with floating parity drive
JBOD Just a Bunch of Drives
NOTE: The controller stripes data in multi-block chunk sizes. Also, the controller does not
support RAID level 3 or 0 with a one-block chunk size.
There are some restrictions you must adhere to when creating a RAID set on
the RAID 3000 pedestal. The minimum and maximum number of drives
required to support each RAID level are listed in Table 2–4.
Table 2-4
Pedestal RAID Set Restrictions
RAID Level Min. No. * of Drives Max. No. * of Drives
JBOD 1 1
0 2 14
1 2 14
0+1 4 14
4 3 14
5 3 14
* Must be an even number.