PSSC Labs AI-Driven RAID Disk Space Calculator to Help Maximize AI and HPC Solutions

PSSC Labs announced the enhanced AI-driven RAID Disk Space Calculator.

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RAID is a method of combining several HDDs into one unit.

By determining the best RAID, organizations can determine the computer hardware solutions to be configured that offer the ideal fault tolerance and higher throughput levels than a single HDD or group of independent HDDs.

This is especially necessary for highly technical solutions like those needed for weather modeling such as those needed for hurricane predictions and other potential weather threats and forecasting. Other solutions that can benefit from RAID calculators include AI, HPC, high throughput genomics.

The company’s RAID calculator helps by computing RAID capacity characteristics as well as providing with the most commonly used RAID types.

The improved RAID calculator provides the following parameters: the RAID type, the disk capacity in gigabyte, the number of disks drives per RAID group.

It consists of 3 critical inputs – the number of anticipated disks, the size of each disk (in terabytes), and the preferred RAID configuration. When entered, the users can then see the ‘Total Available Storage’ given those 3 inputs.

Options for the RAID configuration include:

• RAID-0
  This configuration requires either a disk quantity greater than one or a disk size greater than 1TB.

• RAID-1
  The only allowable number of disks in a RAID-1 configuration is 2 disks. However, disks can still have various storage allowances.

• RAID-5
  RAID-5 requires a minimum of 3 disks. Disks can have various storage allowances.

• RAID-6
  RAID-5 requires a minimum of 4 disks. Disks can have various storage allowances.

• RAID-10
  RAID-5 requires a minimum of 4 disks. Disks can have various storage allowances.

• RAID-50
  RAID-5 requires a minimum of 6 disks. Disks can have various storage allowances.

• RAID-60
  RAID-5 requires a minimum of 8 disks. Disks can have various storage allowances.

Given the complexity of RAID configuration, the team at PSSC LABS can also assist with your RAID Calculation for your technology requirements. To use the AI-driven RAID Calculator and to determine which RAID configuration is right for your technology needs, click here.