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Enterprise RAID Calculator

Configure your array specifications to analyze usable capacity, fault tolerance, and write-penalty impacts. Includes expert recommendations for flash and rotational media.

Array Configuration

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02 64
Total Raw Capacity 30.72 TB

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Usable Capacity
23.04 TB
75% Efficiency
Fault Tolerance
2 Drives
Drive Failures
Write Penalty
6x
IOPS Cost

Capacity Distribution

75%
25%
Usable Data
Parity Overhead

Architect's Technical Analysis

Archive Profile: RAID 6 is the enterprise standard for backup targets, object storage, and secondary archives. The double-parity calculation incurs a high write penalty (6x), making it suboptimal for heavy random-write workloads.

Reliability: It provides excellent protection against dual-drive failures, which is critical when using large capacity drives where rebuild times are long.

RAID Level Usable Space Redundancy Read Perf Write Perf
RAID 0 30.72 TB None High Very High
RAID 1 15.36 TB 1 Drive High Medium
RAID 5 26.88 TB 1 Drive High Low
RAID 6 23.04 TB 2 Drives High Very Low
RAID 10 15.36 TB 1/Span Very High High
RAID 60 15.36 TB 2/Span High Low