The FiT500 supports all the common RAID levels – RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 3, RAID 5 and RAID 10, as well as non-RAID configurations named "Large" and "". No real surprises there – but when connected via USB, the FiT500 will also make multiple RAID sets available. So you can have a two disk RAID 1 set as well as a 3 disk RAID 5 set in the same chassis. Or a pair of RAID 1 sets or even a RAID 5 and a RAID 0 (data and backup, for example).
In testing, and as is fairly normal for a USB 2.0 enclosure, the performance is limited by the USB interface rather than the disks or the disk controller, so there’s little point in showing a dozen graphics, all nearly identical, with transfer rates at 30MBps and latency at 25ms per request.
The RAID configuration can all be handled from the LCD control panel at the top of the unit. The menu structure is fairly simple:
Let’s build us some RAID arrays!
