Adaptec Storage Manager Growing Your Storage Space with Adaptec Storage Manager

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Growing Your Storage Space with Adaptec
Storage Manager
As your req uireme n ts change, Adaptec Storage Manager grows with
your storage space as you add more controllers, more disk drives, more
logical drives, and more data protection.
A Simple Storage Space
The example below sho ws the sort of simple storage space that might be
appropriate in a home office or for a small business. This storage space
includes one RAID controller and two disk drives installed in a server.
For data protection, the disk drives have been used to build a RAID 1
logical drive.
An Advanced Storage Space
The example below sho ws how yo u can gro w your st orage space to meet
the expanding requirements of your business. For data protection,
segments of space from each disk drive have been used to build two
RAID 5 logical drives. One logical drive stores all the customer
information and the other logical driv e stores the business ’ s ac counting,
payroll, and personnel information.
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