Compex Systems Advanced SerialRAID Adapters SA33-3285-02 User Manual
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Figure 20 shows an alternative method of protecting RAID-5 arrays against the
complete failure of an SSA Enclosure. This method uses a different hot spare disk drive
to protect each member of the array.
Pool A2
Pool A3
hdisk
hdisk
Pool A1
Enclosure-1
Enclosure-2
Enclosure-3
pdisk
pdisk
pdisk
pdisk
pdisk
pdisk
Spare
Spare
Spare
Figure 20. Pools along, and Hdisks across, Enclosures
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