Array Configuration Planner
| Number of | Possible | Relative | Fault | Effective |
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| Drives | RAID Levels | Performance | Tolerance | Capacity |
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| 1 | None | Excellent | No | 100% |
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| 1 | RAID 0 | Excellent | No | 100% |
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| 2 | None | Excellent | No | 100% |
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| 2 | RAID 0 | Excellent | No | 100% |
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| 2 | RAID 1 | Good | Yes | 50% |
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| 3 | None | Excellent | No | 100% |
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| 3 | RAID 0 | Excellent | No | 100% |
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| 3 | RAID 3 | Good | Yes | 67% |
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| 3 | RAID 5 | Good | Yes | 67% |
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| 4 | None | Excellent | No | 100% |
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| 4 | RAID 0 | Excellent | No | 100% |
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| 4 | RAID 3 | Good | Yes | 75% |
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| 4 | RAID 5 | Good | Yes | 75% |
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| 4 | RAID 10 | Excellent | Yes | 50% |
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| 5 | None | Excellent | No | 100% |
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| 5 | RAID 0 | Excellent | No | 100% |
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| 5 | RAID 3 | Good | Yes | 80% |
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| 5 | RAID 5 | Good | Yes | 80% |
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| 6 | None | Excellent | No | 100% |
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| 6 | RAID 0 | Excellent | No | 100% |
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| 6 | RAID 3 | Good | Yes | 83% |
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| 6 | RAID 5 | Good | Yes | 83% |
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| 6 | RAID 10 | Excellent | Yes | 50% |
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| 6 | RAID 30 | Good | Yes | 67% |
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| 6 | RAID 50 | Good | Yes | 67% |
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| 7 | None | Excellent | No | 100% |
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| 7 | RAID 0 | Excellent | No | 100% |
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| 7 | RAID 3 | Good | Yes | 86% |
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| 7 | RAID 5 | Good | Yes | 86% |
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| 8 | RAID 0 | Excellent | No | 100% |
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| 8 | RAID 3 | Good | Yes | 87% |
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| 8 | RAID 5 | Good | Yes | 87% |
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| 8 | RAID 10 | Excellent | Yes | 50% |
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| 8 | RAID 30 | Good | Yes | 75% |
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| 8 | RAID 50 | Good | Yes | 75% |
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