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Choosing a RAID Level, RAID 0

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RAIDXpert User Manual Choosing a RAID Level There are several issues to consider when choosing the RAID Level for your logical drive. The following discussion summarizes some advantages, disadvantages, and applications for each choice. RAID 0 Advantages Disadvantages Data is broken down into blocks and Not a true RAID because it is not fault- each block is written to a separate tolerant physical drive The failure of just one drive will result in I/O performance is greatly improved by all data in a logical drive being lost spreading the I/O load across multiple Should not be used in mission critical channels and drives environments No parity calculation overhead is involved Recommended Applications for RAID 0: • Image Editing • Pre-Press Applications • Any application requiring high bandwidth RAID 1 Advantages Simplest RAID storage subsystem design Can increase read performance by processing data requests in parallel since the same data resides on two different drives Disadvantages Very high disk overhead - uses only 50% of total capacity Recommended Applications for RAID 1: • Accounting • Payroll • Financial • Any application requiring very high availability 100

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RAIDXpert User Manual
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Choosing a RAID Level
There are several issues to consider when choosing the RAID Level for your
logical drive. The following discussion summarizes some advantages,
disadvantages, and applications for each choice.
RAID 0
Recommended Applications for RAID 0:
Image Editing
Pre-Press Applications
Any application requiring high bandwidth
RAID 1
Recommended Applications for RAID 1:
Accounting
Payroll
Financial
Any application requiring very high availability
Advantages
Disadvantages
Data is broken down into blocks and
each block is written to a separate
physical drive
I/O performance is greatly improved by
spreading the I/O load across multiple
channels and drives
No parity calculation overhead is
involved
Not a true RAID because it is not fault-
tolerant
The failure of just one drive will result in
all data in a logical drive being lost
Should not be used in mission critical
environments
Advantages
Disadvantages
Simplest RAID storage subsystem
design
Can increase read performance by
processing data requests in parallel
since the same data resides on two
different drives
Very high disk overhead - uses only
50% of total capacity