Raid 50 – Promise Technology VTrack M-Class M200i User Manual
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RAID 50
Recommended Applications for RAID 50
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File and Application servers
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Transaction processing
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Office application with many users accessing small files
Advantages
Disadvantages
High Read data transaction rate
Medium Write data transaction rate
Good aggregate transfer rate
High reliability
Supports large volume sizes
Higher disk overhead than RAID 5
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