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Updating of the Control Software
At times, NEC may develop and release new functions or features for the disk array unit. These
changes may be made available by upgrading the version of storage control software.
You can update the storage control software by yourself. However, if you fail to update it properly, the
disk array unit may not function properly.
NEC maintenance service representatives can provide the service for updating the storage control
software (at an additional charge). It is strongly recommended that you should ask your NEC trained
maintenance service representative to update storage control software..
RAID Configuration
The RAID configuration in the disk array unit can be used in the combinations shown in the table
below. (G = 1000^3)
RAID6 *1
RAID type
RAID1
RAID5
S2500 S1500
RAID10 RAID50
Number of logical drives
in configuration
1+1
4+1
6 to 120
6 to 60
2x2, 3x2,
4x2, 5x2,
6x2, 7x2,
8x2
5x2, 5x4
Number of logical drives
per subsystem
1,024 max.
Storage capacity per
logical drive (When 73-
GB disk drive is used)
71.6GB 286.4GB
286.4GB
to 6TB
286.4GB
to 3TB
143.2GB
to
572.8GB
572.8GB
to
1145.6G
B
* A combination of disk drives of the same capacity and same rotational speed is required for configuring logical
drives.
The NFx500-SE82E only supports RAID6 and does not support any other RAID configuration.
*1 Two modes (66%-mode and 80%-mode) can be selected according to capacity efficiency.
The RAID types have the following characteristics.
Level Function
Advantage
Disadvantage
RAID1 Mirroring
High
reliability
High
cost
RAID5
Striping of data and
redundant data
High capacity efficiency
Low-speed data
writing
RAID6
Striping of data and
redundant data
High reliability that allows continuous
operation even if two disk drives fail.
Capacity can be expanded for every
drive.
Low-speed data
writing
RAID10
Striping of RAID-1
High-speed data read/write
High cost
RAID50
Striping of RAID-5
High-speed data read
High capacity efficiency
High induction cost
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