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What is RAID 0 (striping)?
RAID 0 leverages the read/write capabilities of two or more hard drives
working in unison to maximize the storage performance of a computer system. Data
in a RAID 0 volume is arranged into blocks that are interleaved among the disks so that
reads and writes can be performed in parallel (see below diagram). This technique,
known as "striping", is the fastest of all of the RAID levels, especially for reading and
writing large sequential files. Real world usage models where RAID 0 can be of
particular benefit include loading large files into an image editing application such as
Adobe* Photoshop*, saving large movie files in a video editing application such as
Adobe* Premiere*, or creating CD or DVD images with a CD/DVD authoring package
such as Roxio* Easy CD Creator*.
he hard drives in a RAID 0 volume are combined to form one volume which
appears as a single virtual drive to the operating system. For example, two 40 GB
hard drives in a RAID 0 array will appear as a single 80 GB hard drive to the operating
system.
No redundancy information is stored in a RAID 0 volume. This means that if
one hard drive fails, all data on both drives is lost. This lack of redundancy is also
reflected by the RAID level 0, which indicates no redundancy. RAID 0 is not recom-
mended for use in servers or other environments where data redundancy is a
primary goal.
Minimum Disks:
Advantage:
Redundancy:
Application:
Introduction to Intel ICH5R Serial ATA RAID
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Highest transfer rates
None - if one disk fails all data will be lost
Typically used in desktops and workstations for
maximum performance for temporary data and
high I/O rate
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