Avago Technologies MegaRAID SATA 150-4 (523) - Manual (Page 10)

2-2 Creating a RAID 50 Volume with Windows 2000
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Uses: RAID 50 works best when used with data that requires high
reliability, high request rates, and high data transfer and medium to
large capacity.
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Drives: MegaRAID SATA 150-4 = 4 drives, MegaRAID SATA 150-6
= 6 drives
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Fault Tolerance: Yes
2.2 Creating a RAID 50 Volume with 2 SATA RAID Adapters
In this example, we have configured the system using two LSI Logic
MegaRAID SATA 150-6 adapters with three 80GB SATA drives
connected to each adapter. On both adapters, we have created a RAID
5 volume. Ideally, the three 80GB drives would yield a 160GB logical
drive, however, in this example with partitioning and other factors, the
drive actually yields 149GB.
Figure 2.1 RAID 50 Configuration