Which RAID configuration is correct for me?
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With the number of drives available now and the amount of drive types, it’s hard to say which disk setup is optimal for you. Our RAID calculator is a great way to determine the size and amount of disks. Here we’ll talk through some of the pros and cons of some of the RAID modes.
RAID 0:
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RAID 0:
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- High performance
- Easy to implement
- Highly efficient (no parity overhead)
- No redundancy
- Limited business use cases due to no fault tolerance
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- Fault-tolerant
- Easy to recover data in case of drive failure
- Easy to implement
- Highly inefficient (100% parity overhead)
- Not scalable (becomes very costly as the number of disks increases)
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- Fault-tolerant
- High efficiency
- Disk failure has a medium impact on throughput
- Complex controller design
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- Fault-tolerant with increased redundancy.
- High efficiency
- Remains a great option in multi-user environments that are not write performance sensitive
- Write performance penalty vs 5
- More expensive than 5
- Disk failure has a medium impact on throughput
- Complex controller design
ADVANTAGES:
- Fault tolerance
- High Performance
- Expensive
- High Overhead
- Very limited scalability
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- Higher fault tolerance, better performance, and higher efficiency than RAID 5
- Very Expensive
- Limited Scalability
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- Higher fault tolerance than RAID 6
- Higher performance than RAID 6
- Higher efficiency than RAID 6
- Very Expensive
- Very complex/difficult to implement
General Enquiry
Which RAID configuration is correct for me?
Tags:
With the number of drives available now and the amount of drive types, it’s hard to say which disk setup is optimal for you. Our RAID calculator is a great way to determine the size and amount of disks. Here we’ll talk through some of the pros and cons of some of the RAID modes.
RAID 0:
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RAID 0:
ADVANTAGES:
- High performance
- Easy to implement
- Highly efficient (no parity overhead)
- No redundancy
- Limited business use cases due to no fault tolerance
ADVANTAGES:
- Fault-tolerant
- Easy to recover data in case of drive failure
- Easy to implement
- Highly inefficient (100% parity overhead)
- Not scalable (becomes very costly as the number of disks increases)
ADVANTAGES:
- Fault-tolerant
- High efficiency
- Disk failure has a medium impact on throughput
- Complex controller design
ADVANTAGES:
- Fault-tolerant with increased redundancy.
- High efficiency
- Remains a great option in multi-user environments that are not write performance sensitive
- Write performance penalty vs 5
- More expensive than 5
- Disk failure has a medium impact on throughput
- Complex controller design
ADVANTAGES:
- Fault tolerance
- High Performance
- Expensive
- High Overhead
- Very limited scalability
ADVANTAGES:
- Higher fault tolerance, better performance, and higher efficiency than RAID 5
- Very Expensive
- Limited Scalability
ADVANTAGES:
- Higher fault tolerance than RAID 6
- Higher performance than RAID 6
- Higher efficiency than RAID 6
- Very Expensive
- Very complex/difficult to implement