RAID Drive Options
TABLE 3-3 shows the RAID drive options.
TABLE 3-3 RAID Drive Options
REM Card | Drives Supported | RAID Configuration Supported | Drive Usage |
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Sun StorageTek Seagate 73GB SAS
Fujitsu 73GB SAS
Seagate 146GB SAS
Fujitsu 146GB SAS
Hitachi 146GB SAS
Fujitsu 200GB SATA
LSI 3081E | Seagate 73GB SAS |
| Fujitsu 73GB SAS |
| Seagate 146GB SAS |
| Fujitsu 146GB SAS |
| Hitachi 146GB SAS |
| Fujitsu 200GB SATA |
Volume – 1 disk |
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RAID 0 – stripe – 2 disk minimum | No redundancy |
RAID 1 – mirror – 2 disk minimum | 50% |
RAID 1E – 3 drive minimum | 50% |
RAID 5 – 3 drive minimum | |
RAID 5EE – 4 drive minimum | |
RAID 50 – 6 drive minimum | |
RAID 6 – 4 drive minimum | |
RAID 60 – 8 drive minimum | |
Spanned Volume – 2 drive minimum | 100% |
RAID Volume – 4 drive minimum | |
IM (Integrated Mirror array) – 2 disk | Data on Primary disk |
minimum, plus up to 2 hot spare disks. | might be merged. |
IME (Integrated Mirror Enhanced array) – | All data will be deleted |
3 to 8 disks including up to 2 hot spares. | during creation. |
IS (Integrated Striping array) – 2 to 8 | All data will be deleted |
disks. | during creation. |
Mirroring the Preinstalled Solaris OS with LSI RAID
The Solaris OS supports hardware RAID and cannot be installed on an existing array if one has been created. Refer to the Sun Blade X6240 Server Module OS Installation Guide
