•RAID 10 is a combination of RAID 0 and RAID 1, uses disk striping across mirrored disks. It provides high data throughput and complete data redundancy. RAID 10 can support up to eight spans, and up to 32 physical disks per span.
•RAID 50 is a combination of RAID 0 and RAID 5 where a RAID 0 array is striped across RAID 5 elements. RAID 50 requires at least six disks.
•RAID 60 is a combination of RAID 0 and RAID 6 where a RAID 0 array is striped across RAID 6 elements. RAID 60 requires at least eight disks.
RAID Terminology
Disk Striping
Disk striping allows you to write data across multiple physical disks instead of just one physical disk. Disk striping involves partitioning each physical disk storage space in stripes of the following sizes: 64 KB, 128 KB, 256 KB, 512 KB, and 1024 KB. The stripes are interleaved in a repeated sequential manner. The part of the stripe on a single physical disk is called a stripe element.
For example, in a
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Stripe element 1 | Stripe element 2 | Stripe element 3 | Stripe element 4 |
Stripe element 5 | Stripe element 6 | Stripe element 7 | Stripe element 8 |
Stripe element 9 | Stripe element 10 | Stripe element 11 | Stripe element 12 |
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Appendix: RAID Description