You can use a to store large amounts of physical and logical data. You make a storage array with various hardware components, such as , , fans, and power supplies.
The hardware components are configured into logical components. You can manage the data on the storage array through the or . One or more storage management stations can manage the storage array.
You configure the storage array into logical components called through the . You can divide the disk groups into more . You can make as many disk groups and virtual disks as your storage array configuration and hardware permit. The MD Storage Manager Software is installed on a storage management station.
You can configure how the data is stored on the physical disks. When data is written to the physical disks in the storage array, it is written using technology. RAID levels define the way in which data is written to physical disks. Different RAID levels give different levels of accessibility, redundancy, and capacity. You can set a specified RAID level for each logical component on your storage array.