Sun Microsystems, Inc.  Sun System Handbook - ISO 3.4 June 2011 Internal/Partner Edition
   Home | Current Systems | Former STK Products | EOL Systems | Components | General Info | Search | Feedback

Asset ID: 1-71-1008840.1
Update Date:2009-02-18
Keywords:

Solution Type  Technical Instruction Sure

Solution  1008840.1 :   Sun StorEdge[TM] 3310: How are disks mirrored in RAID 1+0?  


Related Items
  • Sun Storage 3310 Array
  •  
Related Categories
  • GCS>Sun Microsystems>Storage - Disk>Modular Disk - 3xxx Arrays
  •  

PreviouslyPublishedAs
212175


Description
In an Sun StorEdge[TM] 3310 array, how are the disks mirrored physically?
Is RAID-1, when using more than 2 disks, actually RAID 0+1 or
RAID 1+0?

Steps to Follow
When 4 or more physical disks are selected to make a
logical disk, and RAID level 1 is selected, the resulting logical disk
is implemented as a RAID 1+0, meaning that the resulting logical disk
is a stripe of mirrored pairs of physical disks.
On the SE3310, the controller uses Channel IDs and Disk IDs to
determine which disks become the mirrored pairs.
For example, say you select the following 6 disks with which to create
a logical disk:
CHL0/ID10, CHL2/ID1, CHL0/ID11, CHL2/ID3, CHL0/ID12, and CHL2/ID2.
The RAID controller will first order these disks by ChannelID and then
DiskID, so the disks will be sorted in the following order:
CHL0/ID10, CHL0/ID11, CHL0/ID12, CHL2/ID1, CHL2/ID2, CHL2/ID3
and will then divide this ordered list into two equal parts:
Part 1: CHL0/ID10, CHL0/ID11, CHL0/ID12
Part 2: CHL2/ID1,  CHL2/ID2,  CHL2/ID3
Each corresponding disk of each part are mirrored together, so in this
example, CHL0/ID10 and CHL2/ID1 are mirrored, CHL0/ID11 and CHL2/ID2
are mirrored, and CHL0/ID12 and CHL2/ID3 are mirrored.


Product
Sun StorageTek 3310 SCSI Array

mirror, 3310, layout
Previously Published As
71182

Change History
Date: 2005-02-14
User Name: 7058
Action: Approved
Comment: OK to republish.
Updated review date.
Version: 3
Date: 2005-02-14
User Name: 7058
Action: Accept
Comment:
Version: 0

Attachments
This solution has no attachment
  Copyright © 2011 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 Feedback