Promise Technology 2-Year Extended Warranty for VessR2000 RAID Head - Manual (Page 61)

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The Vess R2000 Series subsystems support:
• SAS and SATA hard disks
• 3.5-inch hard disk drives
For a list of supported physical drives, download the latest compatibility list from the PROMISE support website .
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The table below shows the number of drives required for each RAID level
Level Number of Drives Level Number of Drives
RAID 0 1 or more RAID 6 4 to 32
RAID 1 2 only RAID 10 4 or more*
RAID 1E 2 or more RAID 30 6 or more
RAID 3 3 to 32 RAID 50 6 or more
RAID 5 3 to 32
*Must be an even number of drives.
Caution
The Vess R2000 supports disk drive hot-swapping. To avoid hand contact
with an electrical hazard, do not remove more than one drive carrier a
time.
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