Various Levels and Types of RAID.
Date Submitted: 11/19/2004 15:47:01
RAID This paper is going to provide a brief description of RAID and discuss various aspects of RAID. This will include the various levels of RAID, Hardware RAID, Software RAID, and the advantages and disadvantages associated with utilizing RAID.
RAID is an acronym for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. The basic idea behind RAID is to combine multiple small, inexpensive disk drives into an array to accomplish performance or redundancy goals not attainable with one
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requests. The results in the table below show the superiority in performance of hardware RAID to software RAID. In conclusion hardware RAID is a superior solution to software RAID in a networked environment.
Works Cited Kozierok, Charles M., "Raid Levels" The PC Guide Apr. 2002. 22 Apr. 2003 <http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/perf/raid/levels/> Software RAID vs. Hardware RAID. Graph. 22 Apr. 2003 <http://graphics.adaptec.com/pdfs/raid_soft_v_hard.pdf>
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