3.3 – RAID 10

Question 1

RAID 10 [1+0]

Answer 1

a. Combines disk into RAID 1 arrays & then combines those arrays into a RAID 0

b. Speed of RAID 0 & Redundancy of RAID 1

c. Massive redundancy

d. Very expensive

Question 2

RAID 10

Advantages

Answer 2

-Faster read & write because of disk striping

-Larger storage than any single disk

-More disks will increase capacity, performance, & protection

-NO performance lost if disk fails

-Fast recovery

Question 3

RAID 10

Disadvantages

Answer 3

-FOUR disk minimum

-If a RAID 1 array fails, all data will be lost

-That’s 2 disks in a single RAID 1 failing