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Chapter 7: Technology Background
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The chart below shows RAID 50 arrays with 6 to 16 physical drives, the available
number of axles, and the resulting distribution of physical drives on each axle.
RAID 50 Array
No. of Drives No. of Axles Drives per Axle
623,3
723,4
824,4
924,5
33,3,3
10 2 5,5
33,3,4
11 2 5,6
33,4,4
12 2 6,6
34,4,4
4 3,3,3,3
13 2 6,7
34,4,5
4 3,3,3,4
14 2 7,7
34,5,5
4 3,3,4,4
15 2 7,8
35,5,5
4 3,4,4,4
5 3,3,3,3,3
16 2 8,8
35,5,6
4 4,4,4,4
5 3,3,3,3,4