Managing Raid Arrays; About The Raid Arrays Page; Choosing A Raid Array Level - Cisco NSS2000 - Gigabit Storage System Chassis Administration Manual

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Managing RAID Arrays

Managing RAID Arrays

Choosing a RAID Array Level

Cisco Small Business NSS2000 Series Administration Guide
RAID is an acronym for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks. In storage
environments, a RAID array uses multiple physical disk drives to create a single
logical unit from which data can be shared or replicated between the drives. A
RAID array also simplifies the data management as the data appears in one logical
unit. Choosing to store your data using a RAID array gives you the benefit of speed
and performance; storage capacity; decreased downtime costs and increased
availability; fault tolerance; and higher data security.

About the RAID Arrays Page

The RAID Arrays page is where you manage the local RAID and JBOD arrays. To
display the RAID Arrays page, from the Manager Menu, click Storage
RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) is a technology that enables multiple
low-cost hard drives to be used together in a way that increases performance
and/or reliability compared to that of a single drive. The component devices in a
RAID array appear as a single logical storage device. There are various types of
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