Chapter 1 Overview
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1.2 Configuration
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RAID1+0 (striping of pairs of disks for mirroring)
RAID1+0 combines the performance of RAID0 (striping) with the reliability of RAID1
(mirroring).
HDD0
Figure 1.3
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RAID5 (striping with distributed parity)
Data divided into units of blocks and allocated across multiple disks together with parity
information created from the data. If one disk fails, the remaining data and parity blocks are
sufficient to allow the recovery of the lost data.
Figure 1.4
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Parity A, B, C, D
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Parity I, J, K, L
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Parity M, N, O, P
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