RAID

Question 1

What is a RAID 0?

Answer 1

Striping, half the data on 2 drives

Question 2

What is the benefit of a RAID 0?

Answer 2

Increased speed

Question 3

How much storage do you loose with a RAID 0?

Answer 3

None

Question 4

What is a RAID 1?

Answer 4

Mirroring, all the data on 2 disks

Question 5

What is the benefit of a RAID 1?

Answer 5

Full redundancy

Question 6

How much storage do you loose with a RAID 1

Answer 6

Half

Question 7

What is a RAID 5

Answer 7

Striping with Parity, one bit of data on one drive one bit of data on a second drive, and the result of those 2 on another

Question 8

What is the benefit of a RAID 5

Answer 8

Between a RAID 1 and RAID 0

Question 9

how much data do you loose on a RAID 5

Answer 9

a third (if you’re using 3 drives)

Question 10

What is a RAID 6?

Answer 10

Striping with Dual Parity, there are 2 different parity bits with 2 different calculations

Question 11

What is a RAID 10?

Answer 11

Striping + Mirroring

Question 12

What are the benefits to a RAID 10?

Answer 12

Full redundancy and quicker speeds

Question 13

What are the benefits to a RAID 6?

Answer 13

quicker speeds and more redundancy

Question 14

How much storage do you loose with a RAID 6

Answer 14

half (if you use 4 drives)

Question 15

How much storage do you loose with a RAID 10 ?

Answer 15

half