Creating Raid 1+0, I only see 1 or 0

How can I create a raid 10? From the adapters bios (perc4) I only see raid 1 or 0. Does this mean my card or drives do no support the option?

Karl Gechlik9,860 pointsBadges:

Active passing storage arrays

I understand that active-active storage array provides load balancing. But what is the difference between active-passive storage array and active-standby storage array ?

vigneshK15 pointsBadges:

openfiler or openE DSS vs enterprise level DSS (EMC CLARION…etc)

what is the difference b/w openfiler storage array and (open source) and enterprise level storage array like ( EMC Clarion and HP SAN/IQ storage array ..etc) , where we install them and how we manage them ......?

suresht4a85 pointsBadges:

Panasas storage cluster

I have a Panasas storage cluster and I need help on installing it (home lab). I didn't find any documentation online about how to install it. Can anyone help me or lead me to step by step installation and setup user guide? I don't have any cable so I don't know which cables I need to use. I...

elmos5 pointsBadges:

Raid 10 configeration

Where do I connect my four drives for a raid 10 array?

mustangmary8310 pointsBadges:

Assigning a LUN to a server in a data centre 20KM away

We have two data centres about 25KM away from each other.  We would like to assign a LUN to a server in data centre A to an storage array in data centre B.  We are doing this because of lack of disk space in  data centre A. Is this best practice ?  what are the possible performance hits ? We...

Armani1675 pointsBadges:

suitable replication adapter available for the sun storage array 2540.

Suitable replication adapter available for the sun storage array 2540

Sakthivelannamalai5 pointsBadges:

What is the best raid configuration for me?

What is the difference between a raid 1, raid 0 and a raid 10? Which is optimal for a 5 1tb drives? The data will be file storage and we can sacrifice 1tb for parity

Karl Gechlik9,860 pointsBadges:

Solid state drives (SSDs) in the enterprise: What’s your take?

Vendors are speaking more and more to the benefits of SSD's at different levels of the organization -- not just for user machines, but also at the server level and for storage arrays. What's your take? Do you see solid state drives as an eventual standard for the enterprise environment? If no, why?

JennyMack4,280 pointsBadges:

parallels VM migration

parallels VM migration we have a IBM Server with Windows OS On that and have installed Parallels; in parallels they have created other Virtual Machine with Windows OS. how can we can shift this VM to FAS 2020? & how do we do the backup of these VM.

ITKE1,068,095 pointsBadges:

storage charge back

Has anyone found a package for storage charge back that actually works at most levels:array, server, deptment, and application.

Blue55bl5 pointsBadges:

Error when trying to delete Volume on StorageTek 6140

We don't have a problem creating or deleting other volumes -- but on the StorageTek 6140, getting the error "The volume is unmapped." Anyone run into this? Thanks. Moderator Note: This is a submitted question

BrentSheets6,940 pointsBadges:

How do I use Veritas Volume Manager DMP with a StorageTek ST2540 array

We have recently aquired a Sun StorageTek ST2540 array and directly attached it to Sun T2000 server. While the native Solaris 10 MPxIO is able to recognize duel path to the Storage but Veritas DMP is unable to. Could this be because of array support missing in Veritas Storage Foundation Suit 5 for...

Ranger2k75 pointsBadges:

Storage allocation methods

My current employer began allocating disk before having a storage administrator on staff. When a file system would achieve 90%, the individual systems admins would log on and just assign themselves new LUNs. This has made layout of the disk a nightmare. One thing they have done - in the name of...

Jcdick10 pointsBadges:

DC power in the data center

Hi, I'm Peter Bochner, site editor for SearchStorage.com, and I;'m researching a story on electrical power, storage arrays and the data center. My question is a basic one, but I'm having a hard time finding an answer. Only some storage arrays are available with DC power supplies, and these for the...

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