Asus LSI SAS3442X-R - Manual (Page 39)

IS Description 4-3
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Figure 4.1 Integrated Striping Example
Figure 4.2 shows a logical view and a physical view of Integrated Striping
configuration.
Figure 4.2 Integrated Striping - Logical and Physical Views
The primary advantage of IS is speed, because it transfers data to or
from multiple disks at once. However, there is no data redundancy;
therefore, if one disk fails, that data is lost.
LSI
Disk 1 Disk 3 Disk 4 Disk 2
Segment 1
Segment 5
Segment 9 Segment 2
Segment 6
Segment 10
Segment 3
Segment 7
Segment 11
Segment 4
Segment 8
Segment 12
SAS
Fusion-MPT
Controller
Stripe 1
Stripe 2
Stripe 3
Stripe N
Stripe 1
Stripe 4
Stripe 7
Stripe N-2
+
Stripe 2
Stripe 5
Stripe 8
Stripe N-1
+
Stripe 3
Stripe 6
Stripe 9
Stripe N
Logical View Physical View