Raid drive overview, Raid drive options – Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X4150 Server User Manual
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Chapter 4
Configuring the Preinstalled Solaris 10 Operating System
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RAID Drive Overview
The Sun Fire X4150 Server has two optional RAID HBA (HBA) cards. You can access
RAID configuration through the HBA card BIOS. To access the LSI card BIOS, press
CTRL-C. To access the Sun StorageTek card BIOS, press CTRL-A:
The system will have the preinstalled OS on HD0. When the Solaris OS installation
has been completed, the option to upgrade your single-disk OS to a mirrored RAID
solution is available.
The configuration procedure is different for each supported controller card. For
example, a Sun StorageTek HBA card has many more options for RAID
configuration than an LSI HBA card. Configure the RAID depending on your needs
as shown in
RAID Drive Options
shows the RAID drive options:
TABLE 4-3
RAID Drive Options
TABLE 4-2
Sun Fire X4150
RAID HBA cards
RAID HBA cards
Press for BIOS
Sun StorageTek
CTRL-A
LSI 3081E
CTRL-C
SAS Card
Drives Supported
RAID Configuration Supported
Drive Usage
Sun StorageTek
Seagate 73GB SAS
Volume – 1 disk
Fujitsu 73GB SAS
RAID 0 – stripe – 2 disk minimum
No redundancy
Hitachi 146GB SAS
RAID 1 – mirror – 2 disk minimum
50%
RAID 1E – 3 drive minimum
50%
RAID 10 – 4 drive minimum
50%
RAID 5 – 3 drive minimum
67–94%
RAID 5EE – 4 drive minimum
50–88%
RAID 50 – 6 drive minimum
67–94%
RAID 6 – 4 drive minimum
50–88%