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Raid drive options – Sun Microsystems X6240 User Manual

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Sun Blade X6240 Server Module Installation Guide • June 2008

RAID Drive Options

TABLE 4-2

shows the RAID drive options.

TABLE 4-2

RAID Drive Options

Mirroring the Preinstalled Windows OS
with LSI RAID

The Windows Server 2003 R2 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 Windows OS Installation Guide
(820-3970) or a REM card product guide.

REM Card

Drives Supported

RAID Configuration Supported

Drive Usage

Sun StorageTek

Seagate 73GB SAS
Fujitsu 73GB SAS
Seagate 146GB SAS
Fujitsu 146GB SAS
Hitachi 146GB SAS
Fujitsu 200GB SATA

Volume – 1 disk

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

67–94%

RAID 5EE – 4 drive minimum

50–88%

RAID 50 – 6 drive minimum

67–94%

RAID 6 – 4 drive minimum

50–88%

RAID 60 – 8 drive minimum

50–88%

Spanned Volume – 2 drive minimum

100%

RAID Volume – 4 drive minimum

50-100%

LSI 3081E

Seagate 73GB SAS
Fujitsu 73GB SAS
Seagate 146GB SAS
Fujitsu 146GB SAS
Hitachi 146GB SAS
Fujitsu 200GB SATA

IM (Integrated Mirror array) – 2 disk
minimum, plus up to 2 hot spare disks.

Data on Primary disk
might be merged.

IME (Integrated Mirror Enhanced array) –
3 to 8 disks including up to 2 hot spares.

All data will be deleted
during creation.

IS (Integrated Striping array) – 2 to 8
disks.

All data will be deleted
during creation.