
Hardware Installation and User’s Guide 23
Hardware Specifications and Features
• Cabling that meets SATA specifications 1.0
Physical drives are limited by the number of ports (four/eigth) on the RAID controller.
Each physical drive must be connected to one of the SATA ports. The maximum number
of array drives is two. A RAID array drive requires a minimum of two hard disk drives
(or logical drives). Therefore the maximum RAID array drive limitation for the
GDT8546RZ and GDT8586RZ controller is the physical drive limit divided by two.
Each RAID array drive (up to two) can contain up to a maximum of two host drives. This
means that the GDT8546RZ and GDT8586RZ controller has a maximum limitation of
four/eigth host drives. Also, each array drive must have at least one host drive. A host
drive can only be associated with (or reside on) a single array drive.
Table 3-3. RAID Controller Drive Maximum Limitations (GDT8546RZ/
GDT8586RZ)
Drive Type
Per RAID
Controller
Per Array Drive Per Host Drive
Physical Disk Drives 4/8 4/8 4/8
RAID Array Drives 2/4
N/A 1
RAID Host Drives 4/8 2
N/A
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