RAID Configuration Strategies Maximizing Fault Tolerance Maximizing Performance Maximizing Storage Capacity The following factors in RAID drive group configuration are most important: Virtual drive availability (fault tolerance) Virtual drive performance Virtual drive capacity You cannot configure a virtual drive that optimizes all three factors, but it is easy to choose a virtual drive configuration that maximizes one factor at the expense of another factor. For example, RAID 1 (mirroring) provides excellent fault tolerance, but requires a redundant drive. The following subsections describe how to use the RAID levels to maximize virtual drive availability (fault tolerance), virtual drive performance, and virtual drive capacity.
RAID Configuration Strategies
The following factors in RAID drive group configuration are most important:
Virtual drive availability (fault tolerance)
Virtual drive performance
Virtual drive capacity
You cannot configure a virtual drive that optimizes all three factors, but it is easy to choose a virtual drive configuration that maximizes one factor at the expense of another factor. For example, RAID 1 (mirroring) provides excellent fault tolerance, but requires a redundant drive.
The following subsections describe how to use the RAID levels to maximize virtual drive availability (fault tolerance), virtual drive performance, and virtual drive capacity.