1. RAID Technology By Nicole Moore

2. About RAID Redundant Array of Inexpensive Drives Created in the late 80s early 90s to create the same or greater storage capacity at a lower price. Uses multiple hard drives for performance and reliability.

3. RAID 0 Not a valid type of RAID. Uses a method called “striping”. ADVANTAGES Increased performance. No loss in data capacity. DISADVANTAGES No redundancy of data.

5. RAID 1 First real implication of RAID. Uses a method called “mirroring”. ADVANTAGES Provides full redundancy of data. DISADVANTAGES Storage capacity is only as large as the smallest drive. No performance increases. Downtime required to change active drive during a failure.

7. RAID 0+1 and 10 Hybird form of RAID. ADVANTAGES Increased performance . Data fully redundant. DISADVANTAGES Large number of drives required. Effective data capacity is halved.

8. RAID 1+0 RAID 10

9. RAID 5 Most powerful form of RAID that can be found in a desktop computer system. Requires a minimum of 3 drives to build. Uses a form of binary math called parity. Uses a method called “Hot Swap”.

11. Full data redundancy.

14. RAID n Offers higher reliability and more storage space than conventional RAID. Allows customers to select the level of protection desired. Currently implemented in Linux only.

15. G-SPEED eS PRO XL Created for small film studios and videoproduction. Supports multi-stream uncompressed High Definition video and 2K workflows. Web-based control panel lets users manage, configure, and monitor the system. Faster. More storage space. Is Mac and PC-compatible.

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