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RAID Level 0, of one drive results in the loss of all data. Perform regular backups

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RAID Level 0 CAUTION: RAID level 0 provides no redundancy. Therefore, a failure of one drive results in the loss of all data. Perform regular backups to protect your data. RAID level 0 uses data striping to provide a high data access rate. Data striping writes consecutive segments, or stripes, of data sequentially across the physical drive(s) to create a large virtual drive. This allows one of the drives to read data while the other drive is searching for and reading the next block. RAID Level 1 RAID level 1 uses data mirroring to enhance data integrity. When data is written to the primary drive, the data is also duplicated, or mirrored, on the secondary drive in the configuration. RAID 1 sacrifices high data-access rates for data redundancy. RAID 0 uses the full storage capacities of both drives. For example, two 2 GB hard drives combine to provide 4 GB of hard drive space on which to store data. NOTE: In a RAID 0 configuration, the size of the configuration is equal to the size of the smallest drive multiplied by the number of drives in the configuration. If a drive failure occurs, read and write operations are directed to the remaining drive. A replacement drive can then be rebuilt using the data from the remaining drive. NOTE: In a RAID 1 configuration, the size of the configuration is equal to the size of the smallest drive in the configuration. CHAPTER 3: USING YOUR DESKTOP 25

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CHAPTER 3: USING YOUR DESKTOP
RAID Level 0
CAUTION: RAID level 0 provides no redundancy. °erefore, a failure
of one drive results in the loss of all data. Perform regular backups to
protect your data.
RAID level 0 uses data striping to provide a high data access rate. Data striping
writes consecutive segments, or stripes, of data sequentially across the physical
drive(s) to create a large virtual drive. °is allows one of the drives to read data
while the other drive is searching for and reading the next block.
RAID 0 uses the full storage capacities of both drives. For example, two 2 GB hard
drives combine to provide 4 GB of hard drive space on which to store data.
NOTE:
In a RAID 0 configuration, the size of the configuration is equal to
the size of the smallest drive multiplied by the number of drives in the
configuration.
RAID Level 1
RAID level 1 uses data mirroring to enhance data integrity. When data is written
to the primary drive, the data is also duplicated, or mirrored, on the secondary
drive in the configuration. RAID 1 sacrifices high data-access rates for data
redundancy.
If a drive failure occurs, read and write operations are directed to the remaining
drive. A replacement drive can then be rebuilt using the data from the remaining
drive.
NOTE:
In a RAID 1 configuration, the size of the configuration is equal to
the size of the smallest drive in the configuration.