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Olga_1
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Virtual array 7400

Is it possible to configure VA7400 for RAID 5?
Thank you.
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Sajid_1
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Re: Virtual array 7400

Yes ..ofcourse!
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harry d brown jr
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Re: Virtual array 7400


It is raid 5 with dual parity.

http://www.hp.com/products1/storage/products/disk_arrays/midrange/va7400/infolibrary/index.html

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A. Clay Stephenson
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Re: Virtual array 7400

The best answer is not precisely. The VA's use RAID5DP which is striped data with two parity blocks. You can run your VA in AutoRAID mode which dynamically balances RAID 1/0 for good performance with RAID5DP for better cost per unit of storage. AutoRAID keeps the most recently used data in RAID 1/0 and less frequently accesses data is migrated to RAID5DP.
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Olga_1
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Re: Virtual array 7400

That the thing. They bought it to replace auto raid. The want it to configure for RAID 5

So the answer: it is not possible?
harry d brown jr
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Re: Virtual array 7400

It is raid 5 with dual parity, meaning that there are two parity drives, this actually covers you if you lose two disks.

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Sajid_1
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Re: Virtual array 7400

Hello,

It's works on RAID-5. The *shifting* of data from RAID-5 to RAID-1/0 and the reverse has been done by the RAID controller. This is for making the array, more relaible and faster.

You could say that it works on RAID-5!
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Olga_1
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Re: Virtual array 7400

I am sorry , I so not know much about it, but how its diferent from AUTORAID?
Sajid_1
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Re: Virtual array 7400

I know what do you mean now. This may answer your question:
Is RAID-5 supported? - Yes.
Is AUTORAID supported? - Yes
Is RAID 1+0 supported? - Yes

Can you configure it *only* for RAID-5 (pure RAID-5, no AUTORAID) - NO.

Can you configure only for AUTORAID or RAID 1+0 - Yes.

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