RAID Levels and Storage Options

• Smart-1 6000-L - The supplied Enterprise graded SATA III 3.5" HDDs (Hard Disk Drives) are hot swappable.

• Smart-1 6000-XL - The supplied Enterprise graded 2.5" SSDs (Solid State Drives) come in 1TB and 4TB capacities depending on your storage requirements and are hot swappable.

• Hot swappable disks are supplied in hot swappable disk carriers that fit in the disk slots.

• If you do not immediately install a replacement disk when a disk fails, leave the failed disk in place to ensure proper appliance cooling until the new disk is installed.

	Smart-1 6000-L 4TB HDD Disks	Smart-1 6000-XL 4TB SSD Disks	Smart-1 6000-XL 1TB SSD Disks
Default RAID Level	5, 6, 50 for 6 disks	5, 6, 50 for 6 disks	5, 6, 50 for 6 disks
Default Storage	6 x 4TB disks	6 x 4TB disks	6 x 1TB disks
Optional Storage	12 x 4TB disks	12 x 4TB disks	N/A
Supported RAID Levels	5, 6, 10, 50, 60 for 12 disks	5, 6, 10, 50, 60 for 12 disks	5, 6, 50 for 6 disks

Best Practice -The recommended default storage options for Smart-1 6000-XL appliances are: 6 x 1TB disks when using a Smart-1 6000-XL appliance as a Management Server only. 6 x 4TB disks when using a Smart-1 6000-XL appliance as a Management Server+Log Server or a Log Server only. This is due to additional storage space required for logs.

Important - If you configure RAID, these are the only supported combinations.

Numbering of the Disk Slots on the Front Panel

Smart-1 6000-L/6000-XL Front Panel
Slot 0: Disk	Slot 3: Disk	Slot 6: Optional	Slot 9: Optional
Slot 1: Disk	Slot 4: Disk	Slot 7: Optional	Slot 10: Optional
Slot 2: Disk	Slot 5: Disk	Slot 8: Optional	Slot 11: Optional

Note - See the slot numbers below the bottom row of disk slots on the appliance.