Introduction to RAID : RAID Components and Features : Virtual Drive States

Virtual Drive States

The virtual drive states are described in the following table.

Table 6. Virtual Drive States

State

Description

Optimal

The virtual drive operating condition is good. All configured drives are online.

Degraded

The virtual drive operating condition is not optimal. One of the configured drives has failed or is offline.

Partial Degraded

The operating condition in a RAID 6 virtual drive is not optimal. One of the configured drives has failed or is offline. RAID 6 can tolerate up to two drive failures.

Failed

The virtual drive has failed.

Offline

The virtual drive is not available to the Nytro MegaRAID controller.