4-26 Configuring Your Server
RAID Levels
Characteristics of RAID Levels
The table below lists the characteristics of the RAID levels.
Level
Function
RAID0
Striping
RAID1
Mirroring
RAID0
In RAID0, data to be recorded is distributed to HDDs. The mode is called "striping".
In the figure below, data is recorded in stripe 1 (disk 1), stripe 2 (disk 2), and stripe 3 (disk 1)... in
the order. Because RAID0 allows all HDDs to be accessed collectively, it can provide the best disk
access performance.
IMPORTANT:
defected, the data saved in the HDD cannot be recovered.
Redundancy
No
Yes
RAID0 cannot have data redundancy. If a HDD is
RAID Controller
HDD 1
Stripe 1
Stripe 3
Characteristics
Data read/write at the highest rate
•
Largest capacity
•
Capacity: (capacity of single HDD) ×
•
(number of HDDs)
Two HDDs required
•
Capacity: capacity of single HDD
•
HDD 2
Stripe 2
Stripe 4