Marvell RAID Utility Help
Each RAID level has features that are suitable in certain situations, so it is important to carefully consider which RAID level is best suited for a particular purpose.
The table below gives an overview of the features for each RAID level.
Features |
RAID 0 |
RAID 1 |
RAID 1E |
RAID 5 |
RAID 10 |
RAID 50 |
Read performance |
Best |
Poor |
Good |
Good |
Good |
Good |
Write performance |
Best |
Poor |
Good |
Good |
Good |
Good |
Fault-tolerance |
Poor |
Best |
Good |
Good |
Good |
Good |
Efficient use of disk capacity |
Best |
Poor |
Poor |
Good |
Poor |
Good |
Automatic rebuild |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Minimum number of drives |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
6 |