Ciprico 4105 Series user manual 5. Mode RAID Type Functions

MediaVault 4105 User Manual Operations

TABLE 5-5.Mode (RAID Type) Functions

		Sector	Usable		If a Drive
Type	Mode*	Size	Capacity	Description and Advantages	Fails...
				Uses the highest data rate portions of the disk	Data is
				drives.***	preserved
RAID 3		2048		There is access to 40% of the total capacity
@ 2K HD	4		40%
		bytes		with redundancy to protect your data. This
Turbo**
				mode stripes data across 4 drives, with 1 drive
				as a parity drive for redundancy. This mode
				uses a 2048 sector size and uses the higher
				data portion of the disk drives.
				Uses the highest data rate portions of the disk	Data is
				drives.***	preserved
RAID 3		512		There is access to 40% of the total capacity
@ 512	5		40%
		bytes		with redundancy to protect your data. This
HD Turbo**
				mode stripes data across 4 drives with 1 drive
				as a parity drive for redundancy. This mode
				uses a 512 sector size and uses the higher
				data portion of the disk drives.
		This mode will start a write operation for all disk drives in the array. This function
Wipe	6	wipes out the first and last 256 sectors of an array. When the function is
		finished a series of 3 beeps is repeatedly sounded
Diagnostic	7	The diagnostic tests are, in sequence: RAID 0 read test, RAID 0 write test, and
		read/write tests on individual drives. The cycle is repeated until stopped by the user.
tests
RAID 3		512		For use with Leitch Velocity, Velocity Q, Reality,	Data is
@ 512	8		80%	and Velocity HD in SD resolutions.	preserved
		bytes
Velocity Q
				Same functions as Mode 2.
RAID 0	9	512	100%	For use with Leitch Velocity HD.	Data is
Velocity HD		bytes			lost
				Same function as Mode 0.
RAID 3		512		For use with Leitch Velocity HD.	Data is
@ 512	10		80%
		bytes			preserved
Velocity HD				Same function as Mode 2 (RAID 3 @512)

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