Raid Setup Recap

Question 1

What is Raid 0?

Answer 1

Raid 0 is striping. This involves spacing the data between multiple drives.

Question 2

What is Raid 1?

Answer 2

Raid 1 is mirroring. This is the process of mirroring the data on another drive as a persistent backup.

Question 3

What is Raid 5?

Answer 3

Raid 5 utilizes striping and adds in parity. Parity alternates the bit number allowing for replacing a drive if it fails without losing data.

Question 4

What is Raid 6?

Answer 4

Raid 6 is striping with double parity. This is the same as Raid 5 but the parity data is written to two drives instead of just one.

Question 5

What is Raid 10?

Answer 5

Raid 1+0(also known as Raid 10) is a combination of mirroring and striping.