Selecting the RAID level by disk group capacity

If your disk group has... Consider this RAID level...

One physical drive.

Note:
  1. This is the only choice if the logical device contains only one physical drive.
Simple volume

Two or more physical drives.

Note:
  1. You can select RAID level-0 for any logical device.
RAID level-0
Two physical drives. The default for two physical drives is RAID level-1. RAID level-1
Three or more physical drives. RAID level-5
Four or more physical drives. RAID level-10
Six or more physical drives. RAID level-50

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