Topic: raid

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1. August 3, 20266 min read

   vSAN ESA and memory tiering · 01/03

   RAID-5/6 on vSAN ESA: what replaces the write penalty

   ESA replaces read-modify-write with a durable log and aligned full-stripe writes, while vSAN 9.1 still documents a possible RAID-1 advantage.