RAID 5 overview

RAID 5 is a method of spreading volume data across multiple disk drives. The DS6000™ series supports RAID 5 arrays. RAID 5 increases performance by supporting concurrent accesses to the multiple DDMs within each logical volume. Data protection is provided by parity, which is...

RAID 10 overview

RAID 10 provides high availability by combining features of RAID 0 and RAID 1. The DS6000™ series supports RAID 10 arrays. RAID 0 increases performance by striping volume data across multiple disk drives. RAID 1 provides disk mirroring which duplicates data between two disk drives. By combining the features of RAID 0 and RAID 1, RAID 10 provides a second optimization for fault...