Source RAID

Target RAID

Number of

Number of

Capacity

Description

Level

Level

Physical Disks

Physical Disks

Expansion

 

 

 

(Beginning)

(End)

Possible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

distributed

 

 

 

 

 

parity data.

RAID 0

RAID 6

1 or more

4 or more

Yes

At least two

 

 

 

 

 

disks need to

 

 

 

 

 

be added for

 

 

 

 

 

dual distributed

 

 

 

 

 

parity data.

RAID 1

RAID 0

2

2 or more

Yes

Removes

 

 

 

 

 

redundancy

 

 

 

 

 

while increasing

 

 

 

 

 

capacity.

RAID 1

RAID 5

2

3 or more

Yes

Maintains

 

 

 

 

 

redundancy

 

 

 

 

 

while doubling

 

 

 

 

 

capacity.

RAID 1

RAID 6

2

4 or more

Yes

Two disks

 

 

 

 

 

required to be

 

 

 

 

 

added for

 

 

 

 

 

distributed

 

 

 

 

 

parity data.

RAID 5

RAID 0

3 or more

3 or more

Yes

Converts to a

 

 

 

 

 

non-redundant

 

 

 

 

 

virtual disk and

 

 

 

 

 

reclaims disk

 

 

 

 

 

space used for

 

 

 

 

 

distributed

 

 

 

 

 

parity data.

RAID 5

RAID 5

3 or more

4 or more

Yes

Increases

 

 

 

 

 

capacity by

 

 

 

 

 

adding disks.

RAID 5

RAID 6

3 or more

4 or more

Yes

At least one

 

 

 

 

 

disk needs to

 

 

 

 

 

be added for

 

 

 

 

 

dual distributed

 

 

 

 

 

parity data.

RAID 6

RAID 0

4 or more

4 or more

Yes

Converts to a

 

 

 

 

 

non-redundant

 

 

 

 

 

virtual disk and

 

 

 

 

 

reclaims disk

 

 

 

 

 

space used for

 

 

 

 

 

distributed

 

 

 

 

 

parity data.

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