Ciprico 4105 Series user manual 5. Mode RAID Type Functions

Operations MediaVault 4105 User Manual

Mode (RAID Type) Functions

The MV 4105 allows you to choose the RAID type at which the unit will operate.

In general, if you do not backup your data on a daily basis Ciprico Inc. recommends using the RAID 3 function.

TABLE 5-5.Mode (RAID Type) Functions

		Sector	Usable		If a Drive
Type	Mode*	Size	Capacity	Description and Advantages	Fails...
				Used with all operating systems.	Data is
		512		There is full capacity for the array, but without	lost.
RAID 0	0		Full
		bytes
				any redundancy to protect your data. This
				mode stripes data across all 5 drives for the
				total capacity of the array
				Used with any system except: Avid (Macintosh	Data is
				or PC), Media 100 (Macintosh or PC), Video	preserved
				Toaster, SGI, Linux, or WIndows (when striping	.
RAID 3		2048		only).
	1		80%
@ 2K		bytes		There is access to 80% of the total capacity
				with redundancy to protect your data. This
				mode stripes data across 4 drives with 1 drive
				as a parity drive for redundancy. This mode
				uses a 2048 sector size.
				There is access to 80% of the total capacity	Data is
RAID 3	2	512	80%	with redundancy to protect your data. This	preserved
@ 512		bytes		mode stripes data across 4 drives with 1 drive
				as a parity drive for redundancy. This mode
				uses a 512 sector size.
RAID 0		512		There is access to 80% of the total capacity	Data is
HD Turbo**	3		80%	without any redundancy to protect your data.	lost
		bytes
				This Turbo mode uses the highest data rate
				portions of the disk drives.

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