Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks

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Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) is a data storage technology that combines multiple physical disk drives into a single logical unit to improve performance, reliability, and fault tolerance.

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instanceOf acronym
data storage technology
redundancy technology
abbreviation RAID
alsoKnownAs RAID
Redundant Array of Independent Disks
canProvide hot spare disks
online capacity expansion
online rebuild after disk failure
category computer data storage
data protection
fault-tolerant computer systems
combines multiple physical disk drives
forms single logical unit
hasLevel RAID 0
RAID 01
RAID 1
RAID 10
RAID 2
RAID 3
RAID 4
RAID 5
RAID 50
RAID 6
RAID 60
nested RAID levels
implementedBy firmware-based RAID
hardware RAID controllers
software RAID
improves sequential read performance
sequential write performance
introducedIn 1980s
proposedAt University of California, Berkeley
proposedBy David A. Patterson
Garth A. Gibson
Randy H. Katz
linked to: David A. Patterson
proposedIn paper "A Case for Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks (RAID)"
purpose improve data availability
improve data reliability
improve storage performance
provide fault tolerance
requires multiple disk drives
tradeoff capacity versus redundancy
performance versus fault tolerance
typicalUse network-attached storage
servers
storage area networks
workstations
uses data mirroring
data striping
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David A. Patterson knownFor Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks
Veritas Volume Manager supportsConcept RAID-01
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CLARiiON supports RAID 1
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David Patterson coDeveloperOf RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks)
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Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks abbreviation RAID
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Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks alsoKnownAs Redundant Array of Independent Disks
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Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks hasLevel RAID 0
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Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks hasLevel RAID 1
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Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks hasLevel RAID 2
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Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks hasLevel RAID 3
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Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks hasLevel RAID 4
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Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks hasLevel RAID 5
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Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks hasLevel RAID 10
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Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks hasLevel RAID 50
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Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks hasLevel RAID 60
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Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks proposedIn paper "A Case for Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks (RAID)"
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RAID shortName RAID
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