Comments on: RAID usage for 5 HDD http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/raid-usage/ Sat, 25 May 2013 23:02:16 +0000 hourly 1 By: jinteik http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/raid-usage/#comment-86422 jinteik Wed, 12 Jan 2011 01:33:56 +0000 #comment-86422 yeah minimum is 3 disk for raid 5..

]]> By: carlosdl http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/raid-usage/#comment-86402 carlosdl Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:57:17 +0000 #comment-86402 I’m not sure to understand your last question.

You need at least 3 disks for a RAID 5 configuration, but that doesn’t mean that you need a number of disks that is a multiple of 3.

Standard RAID levels at Wikipedia.

]]> By: yogender http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/raid-usage/#comment-86396 yogender Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:46:58 +0000 #comment-86396 but RAID-5 uses pair of 3 hdd then how it will use 4 drive for data

]]> By: spadasoe http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/raid-usage/#comment-86394 spadasoe Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:04:07 +0000 #comment-86394 1 drive for parity, 4 drives for data. 4 x 250GB

]]> By: yogender http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/raid-usage/#comment-86392 yogender Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:56:45 +0000 #comment-86392 I didn’t get you can you brief you answer @Carlosdl

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