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Single pool with MSA-DP+ or two pools with RAID5 or 6?

 
JonPaul
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‎03-21-2024 04:47 PM

‎03-21-2024 04:47 PM

Re: Single pool with MSA-DP+ or two pools with RAID5 or 6?

@AllincoSD 
The MSA-DP+ RAID configuration does not use external spares.  Spare capacity is deployed throughout the system on each drive.
For a detailed look at MSA-DP+ advantages look at the MSA Gen6 Virtual Storage Technical Guide:  https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/a00103247enw
MSA-DP+ does have overhead involved (parity + spare capacity) but there are numerous advantages. Such as: Faster rebuild,  no idle drives, ability to incrementally expand, ...



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AllincoSD
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‎03-22-2024 03:27 AM

‎03-22-2024 03:27 AM

Re: Single pool with MSA-DP+ or two pools with RAID5 or 6?

@JonPaul

Thanks for you reply again.
Wil read the whitepapers and then device what config we are going to use.

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