<div class="content" name="VDS_VOLUME_PLEX_TYPE" uuid="94451f71-7aa8-48b5-9600-5b48556ef392"><p>The VDS_VOLUME_PLEX_TYPE enumeration defines the set of
valid types for a <a href="8eef5d42-22d7-4302-aed9-12face91505a#gt_7d1df68a-9ec5-4f84-a64f-67888f39405d" data-linktype="relative-path">volume
plex</a>.</p><dl>
<dd>
<div><pre> typedef enum _VDS_VOLUME_PLEX_TYPE
 {
   VDS_VPT_UNKNOWN = 0x00000000,
   VDS_VPT_SIMPLE = 0x0000000A,
   VDS_VPT_SPAN = 0x0000000B,
   VDS_VPT_STRIPE = 0x0000000C,
   VDS_VPT_PARITY = 0x0000000E
 } VDS_VOLUME_PLEX_TYPE;
</pre></div>
</dd></dl><p><b>VDS_VPT_UNKNOWN:  </b>The volume plex type is
unknown.</p><p><b>VDS_VPT_SIMPLE:  </b>The <a href="8eef5d42-22d7-4302-aed9-12face91505a#gt_d864e01b-9fb1-4beb-9864-8221d293445a" data-linktype="relative-path">plex</a> type is simple; it is
composed of extents from exactly one <a href="8eef5d42-22d7-4302-aed9-12face91505a#gt_c4133b2a-a990-4042-ba44-7fda3090f118" data-linktype="relative-path">disk</a>.</p><p><b>VDS_VPT_SPAN:  </b>The plex type is spanned; it is
composed of extents from more than one disk.</p><p><b>VDS_VPT_STRIPE:  </b>The plex type is striped,
which is equivalent to <a href="8eef5d42-22d7-4302-aed9-12face91505a#gt_eebb19ad-46a7-42e4-8a55-f377d895a862" data-linktype="relative-path">RAID-0</a>.</p><p><b>VDS_VPT_PARITY:  </b>The plex type is striped with
parity, which accounts for <a href="8eef5d42-22d7-4302-aed9-12face91505a#gt_1c16ca36-c1ca-4bdb-9c4e-6b899fbb8435" data-linktype="relative-path">RAID</a>
levels 3, 4, 5, and 6.</p></div>