VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Reference Guide

Table Of Contents

Chapter 3 115

Disk Arrays

Disk Array Overview

Figure 3-4 Parity Locations in a RAID-5 Model

RAID-5 and how it is implemented by the Volume Manager is described

in the “Introduction to Volume Manager” chapter of the VERITAS

Volume Manager Administrator’s Guide.

D = Data Stripe Unit

P = Parity Stripe Unit