p1n3apqlexpr3ss Distinguished Jan 27, 2010 955 0 19,060 Mar 29, 2010 #2 Raid 1 is with two drives, and they mirror each others data, raid 5 is a setup requiring 3 or more drives with striped, meaning the total capacity is the drive sizes totalled together Upvote 0 Downvote
Raid 1 is with two drives, and they mirror each others data, raid 5 is a setup requiring 3 or more drives with striped, meaning the total capacity is the drive sizes totalled together
jsc Champion Jul 14, 2004 16,893 6 52,960 Mar 29, 2010 #3 RAID 5 - Total capacity = (number of drives - 1) X capacity of drives. A RAID 5 array of four 1 TB drives has a storage capacity of 3 TB. Upvote 0 Downvote
RAID 5 - Total capacity = (number of drives - 1) X capacity of drives. A RAID 5 array of four 1 TB drives has a storage capacity of 3 TB.
sub mesa Distinguished Apr 17, 2009 2,914 0 21,160 Mar 29, 2010 #4 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID Upvote 0 Downvote