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How many disk drives do you need for RAID 10?
" What is the minimum number of disk drives you can have in a RAID 10 array? I have read you must have at least four, but our server admin said it is HP's default, and he can do it on just two drives. This is on a Window Server 2003 with a total of four 72 gigabyte (GB) drives in the server and 11 36 GB drives external. To answer how many disk drives are needed for RAID 10: This depends on the storage array vendor's firmware. RAID 10 configurations can be accomplished by mirroring a stripe set, or striping a mirror set. When you stripe a mirror set (my preferred method due to resiliency), you first create two mirror sets and then create a stripe set from the two mirrors (minimum four drives), when you mirror a" [1]
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[1]: Quoted from How many disk drives do you need for RAID 10? found at http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/expert/KnowledgebaseAnswer/0,289625,sid5_gci1156053,00.html [Published: Dynamic Content on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:11:22 GMT] [718 characters, 138 words]

[2]: Quoted from GEF Storage News SAN NAS SAS DAS SCSI iSCSI SATA InfiniBand RAID Fibre Channel FC Hard Drives IPSec Gigabit Ethernet Tape Backup Tape Libraries Data Protection Security HBA IP Gateway Router Chipsets FCIP ILM Recovery Test Buyers Research Consulting Global Business Development Strategic Alliance Mergers Acquisitions Investment Executive Search Public Relation Advertising found at http://www.globalexecutiveforum.net/More_Storage_News.htm [Published: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 13:51:09 GMT] [731 characters, 108 words]

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