A is a set of data storage devices or on which data is written.
The storage array components can be gathered into . The enclosure containing multiple physical disks is called the . The enclosure containing multiple physical disks and one or two RAID controller modules is identified as the . You also can have one or two RAID controller modules managing the data to one or more expansion enclosures. The storage array is managed by MD Storage Manager Software put on a . One or more can access the data on the storage array.