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<title>Cluster Architecture, Disk Types & RAID in NetApp ONTAP - Tutorial 2</title>
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<div class="toc-section-label">Module 1 · Cluster Architecture</div>
<a class="toc-link active" href="#intro"><span class="toc-num">01</span>What is a Cluster?</a>
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<a class="toc-link sub" href="#mix-models">Mixing Node Models</a>
<a class="toc-link" href="#cluster-network"><span class="toc-num">03</span>Cluster Network</a>
<a class="toc-link" href="#cluster-types"><span class="toc-num">04</span>Switched vs Switchless</a>
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<a class="toc-link" href="#disk-types"><span class="toc-num">07</span>Disk Types</a>
<a class="toc-link" href="#writing-techniques"><span class="toc-num">08</span>Writing Techniques</a>
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<h1 class="main-title">Cluster Architecture, Disk Types & RAID in NetApp ONTAP — Tutorial 2</h1>
<p class="header-desc">A technical guide covering NetApp cluster design, HA pair mechanics, disk types, data writing strategies, and all four RAID types — RAID 0 through RAID-TEC.</p>
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<h2>What Is a NetApp Cluster?</h2>
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<p>A <span class="highlight">cluster</span> is a logical grouping of storage controllers (nodes) that work together as a unified system. Modern <span class="highlight">ONTAP Cluster Mode</span> (cDOT) scales far beyond the legacy 7-Mode limit of one or two nodes.</p>
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<div class="stat-num" style="color:var(--accent-orange)">1–2</div>
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<div class="stat-num" style="color:var(--accent-blue)">24</div>
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<div class="callout-text">NetApp 7-Mode is a legacy single-controller architecture. Cluster Mode (ONTAP 8.x+) introduces a distributed, scale-out model. All modern deployments use Cluster Mode.</div>
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<h2>Cluster Specifications & Rules</h2>
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graph TD
subgraph CLUSTER["🔷 NetApp ONTAP Cluster (up to 24 nodes)"]
direction LR
subgraph HA1["HA Pair 1"]
N1[Node 1\nController A]
N2[Node 2\nController B]
N1 <-->|HA Interconnect| N2
end
subgraph HA2["HA Pair 2"]
N3[Node 3\nController C]
N4[Node 4\nController D]
N3 <-->|HA Interconnect| N4
end
subgraph HA3["HA Pair 3 ... up to 12 HA Pairs"]
N5[Node 5\nController E]
N6[Node 6\nController F]
N5 <-->|HA Interconnect| N6
end
end
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style HA2 fill:#0d2035,stroke:#3fb950,color:#3fb950
style HA3 fill:#0d2035,stroke:#bc8cff,color:#bc8cff
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<div class="diagram-caption">Figure 1 — A NetApp Cluster is built from HA pairs (always even-numbered nodes)</div>
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<h3 id="node-rules">📌 Node Count Rules</h3>
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<div class="card-title">⚡ The Even-Number Constraint</div>
<p>Every node must belong to an HA pair — <span class="highlight">odd node counts are not supported</span>. Valid configurations:</p>
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<span class="badge badge-green">2 nodes</span>
<span class="badge badge-green">4 nodes</span>
<span class="badge badge-green">6 nodes</span>
<span class="badge badge-green">8 nodes</span>
<span class="badge badge-blue">... up to 24</span>
<span class="badge badge-orange">✗ 3 nodes</span>
<span class="badge badge-orange">✗ 5 nodes</span>
<span class="badge badge-orange">✗ 7 nodes</span>
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<div class="callout-title">HA Failover Scope</div>
<div class="callout-text">Failover happens only within the HA pair. If Node A fails, Node B takes over — Node C or D from another pair does not participate.</div>
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<h3 id="mix-models">🧩 Mixing Node Models</h3>
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<div class="card-title" style="color:var(--accent-green)">✅ Allowed</div>
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<li>FAS systems of different series</li>
<li>AFF systems of different series</li>
<li>FAS and AFF together in the same cluster</li>
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<li>ASA cannot be mixed with FAS or AFF</li>
<li>Nodes within the same HA pair must be identical models</li>
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<div class="callout-title">Critical — HA Pair Model Matching</div>
<div class="callout-text">Both nodes within an HA pair must be <strong>identical hardware models</strong>. All nodes in a cluster must run the <strong>same ONTAP version</strong>.</div>
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<h2>Cluster Interconnect Network</h2>
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<p>The <span class="highlight">Cluster Interconnect</span> is the private, high-speed backbone for inter-node communication — handling both configuration synchronization and data traffic.</p>
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<div class="card-title">🔌 Port Speed Requirements</div>
<p style="margin-bottom:10px;">Each node requires a minimum of <strong>two dedicated cluster interconnect ports</strong>:</p>
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<span class="badge badge-teal">25 GbE (×2 ports)</span>
<span class="badge badge-purple">40 GbE (×2 ports)</span>
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<p>Cluster interconnect ports are <span class="highlight">pre-configured by NetApp</span> and auto-assign IPs in the <code>169.254.x.x/16</code> link-local range — no manual assignment needed.</p>
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<span class="comment"># View cluster interconnect interface status</span>
<span class="cmd">cluster-01::></span> <span class="value">network interface show -role cluster</span>
<span class="output"> Logical Status Network Current Current Is
Vserver Interface Admin/Oper Address/Mask Node Port Home
----------- ---------- ---------- ------------------ ------------- ------- ----
Cluster
node-05_clus1
up/up 169.254.32.10/16 node-05 e0a true
node-06_clus1
up/up 169.254.32.20/16 node-06 e0a true</span>
<span class="comment"># Check cluster health</span>
<span class="cmd">cluster-01::></span> <span class="value">cluster show</span>
<span class="output">Node Health Eligibility
--------------------- ------- ------------
node-05 true true
node-06 true true</span>
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<h2>Switched vs Switchless Cluster Topology</h2>
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flowchart TD
A([Start: Plan Cluster]) --> B{How many nodes?}
B -->|2 nodes| D{Future growth\nexpected?}
B -->|4+ nodes| E[Switched Cluster\nMandatory]
D -->|No| F[Switchless Cluster\nDirect cable cross-connect]
D -->|Yes| G[Switched Cluster\nBetter for expansion]
F --> H[✅ Ready]
G --> H
E --> H
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<div class="diagram-caption">Figure 2 — Switched vs Switchless cluster selection decision tree</div>
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<h3 id="switchless">Option A: Switchless Cluster (Two-Node Only)</h3>
<p>Cluster interconnect ports are connected <em>directly</em> between Node 1 and Node 2 — no switches required. Link-local <code>169.254.x.x</code> addresses are automatically assigned.</p>
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<div class="callout-text">The internal HA interconnect (typically 100 MB, used for heartbeat) is <strong>not</strong> suitable for cluster traffic. Cluster interconnect must use dedicated 10/25/40 GbE ports.</div>
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<h3 id="switched">Option B: Switched Cluster (2–24 Nodes)</h3>
<p>Mandatory for three or more nodes. Uses certified, dedicated network switches to form the cluster interconnect fabric.</p>
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graph LR
subgraph NODES["Storage Controllers"]
N1[Node Alpha\ne0a / e0b]
N2[Node Beta\ne0a / e0b]
N3[Node Gamma\ne0a / e0b]
N4[Node Delta\ne0a / e0b]
end
subgraph SWITCHES["Cluster Switches — Dedicated"]
SW1[Cluster Switch 1]
SW2[Cluster Switch 2]
end
N1 -->|e0a| SW1
N1 -->|e0b| SW2
N2 -->|e0a| SW1
N2 -->|e0b| SW2
N3 -->|e0a| SW1
N3 -->|e0b| SW2
N4 -->|e0a| SW1
N4 -->|e0b| SW2
SW1 <-->|ISL Links| SW2
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<div class="diagram-caption">Figure 3 — Switched cluster: each node connects one port to each switch (dual-homed)</div>
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<h3 id="migration">Migrating Switchless → Switched (Non-Disruptive)</h3>
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<li><span class="step-num">1</span>Procure two certified cluster switches and rack them.</li>
<li><span class="step-num">2</span>While Port 1 cross-connect remains active, disconnect Port 2 from both nodes.</li>
<li><span class="step-num">3</span>Connect Port 2 on each node to Switch 1 and Switch 2 respectively.</li>
<li><span class="step-num">4</span>Verify cluster communication via the new switch path.</li>
<li><span class="step-num">5</span>Disconnect Port 1 cross-connect and connect to the switches.</li>
<li><span class="step-num">6</span>Configure ISL (Inter-Switch Links) between the two cluster switches.</li>
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<div class="callout-title">Critical: One Cable at a Time</div>
<div class="callout-text">Never disconnect both cluster interconnect links simultaneously — this breaks cluster communication entirely. Always maintain at least one active path during migration.</div>
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<h2>Cluster Switch Selection</h2>
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<div class="callout-text">Cluster switches must be <strong>dedicated exclusively</strong> to cluster traffic. They cannot be shared with the data LAN or management network.</div>
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<div class="card-title" style="justify-content:center;">Cisco</div>
<p style="font-size:13px;">Nexus series — certified for ONTAP cluster interconnect.</p>
<span class="badge badge-blue">Recommended</span>
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<p style="font-size:13px;">Specific models certified and supported.</p>
<span class="badge badge-yellow">Supported</span>
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<div class="card-title" style="justify-content:center;">NetApp (Legacy)</div>
<p style="font-size:13px;">CN1610 — discontinued, no longer purchasable.</p>
<span class="badge badge-gray">End of Sale</span>
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<tr><th>Switch Model</th><th>Total Ports</th><th>ISL Reserved</th><th>Usable Node Ports</th></tr>
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<tr><td>NetApp CN1610 (Legacy)</td><td>16</td><td>4</td><td>12</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cisco Nexus (32-port)</td><td>32</td><td>4</td><td>28</td></tr>
<tr><td>Cisco Nexus (48-port)</td><td>48</td><td>4</td><td>44</td></tr>
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<div class="callout-title">Port Calculation Tip</div>
<div class="callout-text">Some high-performance controllers use <strong>two cluster ports per switch</strong> instead of one. A 12-node cluster with dual-port controllers will consume 24 switch ports, not 12. Always consult the NetApp Hardware Universe for your specific model.</div>
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<h2>Hard Disk Anatomy</h2>
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<p>Understanding the physical architecture of a spinning HDD helps clarify performance characteristics like IOPS and RPM.</p>
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graph TD
subgraph DISK["🖥️ Hard Disk Drive — Internal Components"]
SHAFT["🔩 Shaft (Spindle)\nCentral rotating axis"]
PLATTERS["💿 Platters\nMagnetic disks stacked on shaft\n— where data is stored"]
HEAD["📍 Read/Write Head\nMoves across platters\nto read and write data"]
SECTORS["📦 Sectors\nSmallest addressable unit\non each platter"]
SHAFT -->|"Rotates platters"| PLATTERS
PLATTERS -->|"Divided into"| SECTORS
HEAD -->|"Accesses data on"| SECTORS
end
subgraph PERF["📊 Performance Impact"]
RPM["RPM (Rotational Speed)\n= Determines IOPS capacity"]
end
PLATTERS --> RPM
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<div class="diagram-caption">Figure 4 — Internal components of a spinning hard disk drive</div>
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<div class="card-title">🔩 Shaft & Platters</div>
<p>The shaft is the central axis; all platters spin together around it. Data is magnetically encoded onto platter surfaces in concentric tracks.</p>
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<div class="card-title">📍 Read/Write Head & Sectors</div>
<p>The head floats nanometers above the platter, writing and reading data as the platter spins. Sectors are the smallest addressable storage units on each platter.</p>
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<h2>Disk Types Supported by NetApp ONTAP</h2>
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<tr><th>Disk Type</th><th>Full Name</th><th>RPM</th><th>Approx. IOPS</th><th>Status</th></tr>
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<tr><td><span class="badge badge-gray">ATA</span></td><td>Advanced Technology Attachment</td><td>5,400 RPM</td><td>~50</td><td><span class="badge badge-orange">Legacy</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="badge badge-gray">SATA / NLSAS / BSAS</span></td><td>Serial Advanced Technology Attachment</td><td>7,200 RPM</td><td>~75</td><td><span class="badge badge-orange">Legacy</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="badge badge-blue">SAS (10K)</span></td><td>Serial Attached SCSI — 10K</td><td>10,000 RPM</td><td>~125</td><td><span class="badge badge-green">Current</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="badge badge-blue">SAS (15K)</span></td><td>Serial Attached SCSI — 15K</td><td>15,000 RPM</td><td>~175</td><td><span class="badge badge-green">Current</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="badge badge-gray">FC (10K/15K)</span></td><td>Fibre Channel</td><td>10,000–15,000 RPM</td><td>~125–175</td><td><span class="badge badge-orange">Legacy</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="badge badge-purple">FSAS</span></td><td>Flash-optimized SAS — 7.2K/10K</td><td>7,200–10,000 RPM</td><td>~125–150</td><td><span class="badge badge-green">Current</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="badge badge-teal">SSD / Flash</span></td><td>Solid State Drive</td><td>0 RPM</td><td>3,200–3,500+</td><td><span class="badge badge-teal">Preferred</span></td></tr>
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<div class="callout-text">FC and ATA drives are <strong>no longer sold by NetApp</strong> — only supported in legacy FAS3200-series platforms. Flag these for hardware refresh.</div>
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<span style="font-size:13px;color:var(--text-secondary)">SAS 15K (~175 IOPS)</span>
<span class="badge badge-blue">175</span>
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<span style="font-size:13px;color:var(--text-secondary)">SSD Flash (~3,400 IOPS)</span>
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<p style="font-size:12px;color:var(--text-muted);margin-top:8px;">SSD delivers ~20× more IOPS than the best spinning disk</p>
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A([New Storage Project]) --> B{Primary Concern?}
B -->|Maximum Performance| C[SSD / Flash\nAFF Platform\n3200+ IOPS per disk]
B -->|Balanced Cost & Performance| D{IOPS Needed?}
B -->|Maximum Capacity / Archival| E[SATA / NLSAS\n75 IOPS per disk]
D -->|>125 IOPS| F[SAS 15K\n175 IOPS per disk]
D -->|75–125 IOPS| G[SAS 10K or FSAS\n125 IOPS per disk]
C --> H([Size pool & calculate total IOPS])
E --> H
F --> H
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<div class="diagram-caption">Figure 5 — Disk type selection decision tree</div>
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<div class="callout-title">IOPS Capacity Planning Formula</div>
<div class="callout-text"><strong>Total Pool IOPS = Number of Disks × IOPS per Disk</strong><br>Example: 24 × SAS 15K = 24 × 175 = <strong>4,200 IOPS</strong>. Subtract RAID overhead for the usable baseline.</div>
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<h2>Data Writing Techniques: Concatenation vs Striping</h2>
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<p>RAID types are built on two foundational data distribution strategies:</p>
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<div class="diagram-caption">Figure 6 — Concatenation fills disk-by-disk; Striping distributes across all disks simultaneously</div>
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<p>Data fills Disk 1 completely, then overflows to Disk 2. Only one disk is active at a time — poor performance, uneven wear.</p>
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<div class="card-title">⚡ Striping</div>
<p>Data is distributed in stripes across all disks simultaneously — all disks work in parallel, maximizing throughput.</p>
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<div class="callout-text">ONTAP automatically applies striping across all aggregates. Concatenation is not an option — NetApp determined striping is always the superior choice for storage workloads.</div>
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<h2>RAID Types in NetApp ONTAP</h2>
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<p><span class="highlight">RAID</span> (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) protects data when physical drives fail. ONTAP supports four RAID types, each offering different fault tolerance and capacity efficiency.</p>
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<div class="callout-title">RAID Is Mandatory in ONTAP</div>
<div class="callout-text">Every aggregate must have a RAID policy. You cannot create a storage aggregate without specifying a RAID type at creation time.</div>
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<div class="diagram-caption">Figure 7 — RAID types plotted by fault tolerance vs capacity efficiency</div>
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<h3 id="raid0">RAID 0 — Striping Without Protection</h3>
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<div class="card-title">📊 RAID 0 Specifications</div>
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<div class="raid-disk disk-data"><div class="disk-label">Disk 1</div>A · D · G</div>
<div class="raid-disk disk-data"><div class="disk-label">Disk 2</div>B · E · H</div>
<div class="raid-disk disk-data"><div class="disk-label">Disk 3</div>C · F · I</div>
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<p style="font-size:12px;color:var(--text-muted);">All disks are data disks — no parity</p>
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<tr><td>Protection</td><td><span class="badge badge-orange">None</span></td></tr>
<tr><td>Fault Tolerance</td><td>0 disks</td></tr>
<tr><td>Min Disks (cMode)</td><td>2</td></tr>
<tr><td>Usable Capacity</td><td>100% (N)</td></tr>
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<p>RAID 0 provides zero data protection — a single disk failure causes complete data loss. Its only use in ONTAP is for <span class="highlight">Flash Pool cache aggregates</span>, where data already exists on a protected spinning disk layer.</p>
<h3 id="raid4">RAID 4 — Single Parity Protection</h3>
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<div class="card-title">📊 RAID 4 Specifications</div>
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<div class="stripe-row">
<span class="stripe-label">Stripe 1:</span>
<span class="stripe-cell disk-data">A</span>
<span class="stripe-cell disk-data">B</span>
<span class="stripe-cell disk-parity">A+B</span>
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<span class="stripe-label">Stripe 2:</span>
<span class="stripe-cell disk-data">C</span>
<span class="stripe-cell disk-data">D</span>
<span class="stripe-cell disk-parity">C+D</span>
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<span style="flex:1;text-align:center;font-size:10px;color:var(--accent-blue)">Data</span>
<span style="flex:1;text-align:center;font-size:10px;color:var(--accent-blue)">Data</span>
<span style="flex:1;text-align:center;font-size:10px;color:var(--accent-green)">Parity</span>
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<tr><td>Protection</td><td><span class="badge badge-blue">Single Parity</span></td></tr>
<tr><td>Fault Tolerance</td><td>1 disk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Min Disks (cMode)</td><td>3</td></tr>
<tr><td>Usable Capacity</td><td>N−1</td></tr>
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<p>One dedicated <span class="highlight">parity disk</span> stores an XOR checksum of each data stripe, enabling recovery of any single failed disk. Through XOR mechanics, one parity disk of equal size can represent all data disk checksums — it stores logical checksums, not copies of data.</p>
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<div class="callout-text">If Disk 1 (data=A) fails: <code>Parity − B = A</code> (reconstructed). If the Parity disk fails: <code>A + B = new Parity</code>. ONTAP handles all reconstruction automatically.</div>
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<h3 id="raidDP">RAID-DP — Dual Parity (The Default)</h3>
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<div class="card-title">📊 RAID-DP Specifications (Dual/Diagonal Parity)</div>
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<span class="stripe-label">Stripe 1:</span>
<span class="stripe-cell disk-data">A</span>
<span class="stripe-cell disk-data">B</span>
<span class="stripe-cell disk-data">C</span>
<span class="stripe-cell disk-parity">P1</span>
<span class="stripe-cell disk-dparity">DP1</span>
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<span class="stripe-label">Stripe 2:</span>