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Table Of Contents
- 1 Introduction to member RAID policies
- 2 RAID policy availability and performance comparisons
- 3 Setting the member RAID policy
- 4 Displaying the RAID level space distribution
- 5 PS Series array disk layout
- 6 Converting or migrating from a member RAID policy
- 7 Summary
- A 12-Disk PS Series array RAID configurations
- B 14-Disk PS Series array RAID configurations
- C 16-Disk PS Series array RAID configurations
- D 48-Disk PS Series array RAID configurations
- E 42 or 84-disk PS Series RAID configurations
- F Technical support and resources
25 Dell PS Series Storage: Choosing a Member RAID Policy | TR1020 | v 4.7
7 Summary
Understanding and using proper RAID levels can be beneficial from a performance perspective and crucial for
protection against failures in business critical environments. Dell recommends choosing RAID policies based
on evolving storage technologies and protecting storage needs of customers. PS Series arrays allow
administrators the flexibility to choose and modify RAID configurations that best meet the needs of their data
center applications.