HSG80 ACS Solution Software V8.6 for Windows NT and Windows 2000 Installation and Configuration Guide

Planning Storage 2–11
Choosing a Container Type
Different applications may have different storage requirements. You probably want to
configure more than one kind of container within your subsystem.
In choosing a container, you choose between independent disks (JBODs) or one of several
storageset types, as shown in Figure 2–8. The independent disks and the selected
storageset may also be partitioned.
The storagesets implement RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) technology.
Consequently, they all share one important feature: each storageset, whether it contains
two disk drives or ten, looks like one large, virtual disk drive to the host.
Figure 2–8. Container types
Partition
Striped mirrorset
(R0+1)
Stripeset
(R0)
RAIDset
(R3/5)
Mirrorset
(R1)
Single
devices
(JBOD)
Storagesets
Containers
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