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Chapter 7: Technology Background
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RAID 10
Recommended applications for RAID 10:
• Imaging applications
• Database servers
• General fileserver
PassThru / Bypass Mode
Recommended Applications for PassThru/Bypass Mode:
• Any application where read/write speed or fault-tolerance are not important
• Applications were low-cost operation critical
Advantages Disadvantages
Implemented as a mirrored logical
drive whose segments are RAID 0
logical drives
High I/O rates are achieved thanks to
multiple stripe segments
Very high physical drive overhead –
uses only 50% of total capacity
Advantages Disadvantages
Enables you to manage a large number
of disk drives from a single controller
The failure of one drive has no effect
upon the data in other disk drives
Not a RAID – has no RAID qualities
Not suitable for mission critical
environments