As illustrated in Figure 5-2, the group named oracle-group includes
three PS5000XV members:
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oracle-member01
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oracle-member02
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oraclemember03
When a member is initialized, it can be configured with RAID 10, RAID 5,
or RAID 50. For more information on how to initialize an EqualLogic array,
see the Dell EqualLogic User's Guide.
A PS Series storage group can be segregated into multiple tiers or pools.
Tiered storage provides administrators with greater control over how disk
resources are allocated. At any one time, a member can be assigned to only
one pool. It is easy to assign a member to a pool and also to move a member
between pools with no impact to data availability. Pools can be organized
according to different criteria, such as disk types or speeds, RAID levels,
application types.
In Figure 2-2 pools are organized by member RAID levels:
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One pool with the name RAID-10 consists of RAID 10 members.
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One pool with the name RAID-5 consists of RAID 5 members.
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iSCSI Cluster Setup for Dell EqualLogic PS Series Storage Systems