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Chapter 5 Configuring the Preinstalled Windows Server 2003 R2 Operating System 61
Note – Configuring the Sun Fire X4150 server RAID is optional, by default, the
preinstalled Windows Server 2003 R2 image is configured in a non-RAID
configuration. If anything other than a basic Mirror RAID is required, it is
recommended to perform a fresh install of the Windows Server 2003 R2 OS in the
desired RAID configuration.
RAID Drive Options
TABLE 5-2 shows the RAID drive options:
TABLE 5-2 RAID Drive Options
SAS Card Drives Suppor ted RAID Configuration Suppor ted Drive Usage
Sun StorageTek Seagate 73 GB SAS Volume – 1 disk
Fujitsu 73 GB SAS RAID 0 – stripe – 2 disk minimum No redundancy
Seagate 146 GB SAS RAID 1 – mirror – 2 disk minimum 50%
RAID 1E – 3 drive minimum 50%
RAID – 4 drive minimum 50%
RAID 5 – 3 drive minimum 67–94%
RAID 5EE – 4 drive minimum 50–88%
RAID 50 – 6 drive minimum 67–94%
RAID 6 – 4 drive minimum 50–88%
RAID 60 – 8 drive minimum 50–88%
Spanned Volume – 2 drive minimum 100%
RAID Volume – 4 drive minimum 50-100%
LSI 3081E Seagate 73 GB SAS IM – Integrated Mirror array. 2 disk
minimum, plus up to 2 hot spare disks.
Data on Primary disk
might be merged.
Fujitsu 73 GB SAS IME – Integrated Mirror Enhanced array. 3
to 8 disks including up to 2 hot spares.
All data will be deleted
during creation.
Seagate 146 GB SAS IS – Integrated Striping array. 2 to 8 disks. All data will be deleted
during creation.