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Raid5

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About RAID RAID 1 offers no write performance advantage over a simple volume configuration. However, because the drives share read load equally, RAID 1 provides improved read performance. An example of a RAID 1 array is shown below. RAID 1 Drive Data 0 Data 1 Data 2 Data 3 Drive Data 0 Data 1 Data 2 Data 3 RAID 5 This RAID type requires at least three drives. Like RAID 0, data is striped across the drives. However, in RAID 5, parity is stored separately from data, and occupies the equivalent of one drive. The controller generates parity every time data is written to the array, and it is distributed in stripes across all the drives. In the event of a drive failure, the contents of the failed drive can be rebuilt from the data and parity on the remaining drives. RAID 5 Drive Data 0 Data 3 Data 6 Parity 3 Drive Data 1 Data 4 Parity 2 Data 9 Drive Data 2 Parity 1 Data 7 Data 10 Drive Parity 0 Data 5 Data 8 Data 11 E-3

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E-3
About RAID
RAID 1 offers no write performance advantage over a simple
volume configuration.
However, because the drives share read load
equally, RAID 1 provides improved
read performance. An example
of a RAID 1 array is shown below.
RAID 5
This RAID type requires at least three drives. Like RAID 0, data is
striped across the drives. However, in RAID 5, parity is stored
separately from data, and occupies the equivalent of one drive. The
controller generates parity every time data is written to the array,
and it is distributed in stripes across all the drives.
In the event of a drive failure, the contents of the failed drive can be
rebuilt from the data and parity on the remaining drives.
RAID 1
Data 0
Drive
Drive
Data 1
Data 2
Data 3
Data 0
Data 1
Data 2
Data 3
RAID 5
Data 3
Data 0
Parity 3
Data 6
Data 4
Data 1
Data 9
Parity 2
Parity 1
Data 2
Data 10
Data 7
Parity 0
Data 5
Data 11
Data 8
Drive
Drive
Drive
Drive