RAID-6

GPTKB entity

Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf RAID level
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Redundant Array of Independent Disks level 6
gptkbp:canTolerate 2 disk failures
gptkbp:dataLossRisk high with 3 disk failures
low with 2 disk failures
gptkbp:dataRecovery possible after 2 disk failures
gptkbp:definedIn gptkb:RAID_Advisory_Board
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1996
gptkbp:hasOverhead parity calculation
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label RAID-6
gptkbp:minimumDisksRequired 4
gptkbp:notRecommendedFor write-intensive workloads
gptkbp:parityAlgorithm gptkb:Reed-Solomon_coding
gptkbp:parityBlocks stored on all disks
gptkbp:provides fault tolerance
high data availability
gptkbp:readPerformance similar to RAID-5
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:RAID-5
gptkb:RAID-1
gptkb:RAID-10
gptkbp:requires more CPU resources than RAID-5
gptkbp:standardizedBy gptkb:SNIA
gptkbp:suitableFor critical data storage
gptkbp:usedBy many hardware RAID controllers
software RAID solutions
gptkbp:usedFor data storage
gptkbp:usedIn NAS devices
enterprise storage systems
SAN environments
gptkbp:uses block-level striping
double distributed parity
gptkbp:writePerformance lower than RAID-5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:RAID-Z
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7