Default RAID levels

The default RAID level that is applied to a logical drive depends on the number of drives in the array and the controller type. These default values are designed to match the default values of the express configuration method in ServeRAID Manager where applicable. The following table shows the default RAID values that PRAID uses when AUTO is specified for raidlevel.
Table 1. Default RAID levels
  Drives in array
Controller 1 2 3 4 5 or more
ServeRAID-B5015 [n/a] RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 5+Hotspare RAID 5+Hotspare
LSI-IDEal-RAID [n/a] RAID 1 [n/a] [n/a] [n/a]
LSI-MegaRAID-8480 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0+Hotspare RAID 0+Hotspare
LSI-SAS-1078-IR [n/a] RAID 1 RAID 1+Hotspare RAID 1+Hotspare RAID 1+Hotspare
LSI-SAS-RAID [n/a] RAID 1 RAID 1E+Hotspare RAID 1E+Hotspare RAID 1E+Hotspare
LSI-SCSI-RAID [n/a] RAID 1 RAID 1+Hotspare RAID 1+Hotspare RAID 1+Hotspare
ServeRAID-7t RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 5+Hotspare RAID 5+Hotspare
ServeRAID-8i VOLUME RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 5+Hotspare RAID 5+Hotspare
ServeRAID-8k VOLUME RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 5+Hotspare RAID 5+Hotspare
ServeRAID-8k-l VOLUME RAID 1 RAID 1+Hotspare RAID 10 RAID 10+Hotspare
ServeRAID-8s VOLUME RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 5+Hotspare RAID 5+Hotspare
ServeRAID-BR10ie [n/a] RAID 1 RAID IE RAID IE + Hotspare RAID IE + Hotspare
ServeRAID-BR10il [n/a] RAID 1 RAID IE RAID IE + Hotspare RAID IE + Hotspare
ServeRAID-M1015 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 + Hotspare RAID 0 + Hotspare
ServeRAID-M1015–R5 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 + Hotspare RAID 0 + Hotspare
ServeRAID-M1xxx RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 + Hotspare RAID 0 + Hotspare
ServeRAID-M1xxx_R5 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 + Hotspare RAID 0 + Hotspare
ServeRAID-M5014 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 + Hotspare RAID 0 + Hotspare
ServeRAID-M5014-R6-R60 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 + Hotspare RAID 0 + Hotspare
ServeRAID-M5015 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 + Hotspare RAID 0 + Hotspare
ServeRAID-M5015-R6-R60 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 + Hotspare RAID 0 + Hotspare
ServeRAID-M5025 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 + Hotspare RAID 0 + Hotspare
ServeRAID-M5025-R6-R60 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 + Hotspare RAID 0 + Hotspare
ServeRAID-M5xxx RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 + Hotspare RAID 0 + Hotspare
ServeRAID-M51xx RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 + Hotspare RAID 0 + Hotspare
ServeRAID-M51xx_R5 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 + Hotspare RAID 0 + Hotspare
ServeRAID-M51xx_R6 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 + Hotspare RAID 0 + Hotspare
ServeRAID-M51xx_R5_R6 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 + Hotspare RAID 0 + Hotspare
ServeRAID M5210 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 + Hotspare RAID 0 + Hotspare
ServeRAID M5210 R5 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 + Hotspare RAID 0 + Hotspare
ServeRAID-M1215 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 + Hotspare RAID 0 + Hotspare
ServeRAID-M1215-R5 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 + Hotspare RAID 0 + Hotspare
ServeRAID-M1210e RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 + Hotspare RAID 0 + Hotspare
ServeRAID-MR10i RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0+Hotspare RAID 0+Hotspare
ServeRAID-MR10il RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0+Hotspare RAID 0+Hotspare
ServeRAID-MR10is RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0+Hotspare RAID 0+Hotspare
ServeRAID-MR10k RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0+Hotspare RAID 0+Hotspare
ServeRAID-MR10M RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0+Hotspare RAID 0+Hotspare
ServeRAID-C100 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0+Hotspare RAID 0+Hotspare
ServeRAID-C100-R5 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0+Hotspare RAID 0+Hotspare
ServeRAID-C105 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 0+Hotspare RAID 0+Hotspare
SAS2004 [n/a] RAID 0 RAID 0 RAID 10 RAID 10