Supported RAID Configurations

RAID is short for Redundant Array of Independent (or Inexpensive) Disks, which is a category of storage that employs two or more drives in combination for fault tolerance and performance. There are a number of RAID levels in use today such as 0, 1, 3, 5, 6 and 10. The DXi T10 uses RAID 6.

RAID 6 uses block-level striping with two parity blocks distributed across all member disks. Dual parity provided by a RAID 6 configuration ensures that your data retains full integrity even in the event of two drive failures. Since single-parity RAID levels are vulnerable to data loss until the failed drive is rebuilt: the larger the drive, the longer the rebuild will take and the longer the system is vulnerable to possible data loss.

The DXi T10 uses RAID 6 volumes for data storage.

RAID Configuration	Description
DXi T10 Node	Contains 6 drives (DXi T10-60) or 10 drives (DXi T10-120).

DXi T10 RAID Sets