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Chapter 2. RAID Array Controller
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2.6.2 RAID 1
RAID 1 (also known as mirroring or shadowing) takes data sent by the host and
duplicates it on all the drives in an array. The result is a high degree of data
availability, since you can lose all but one drive in the array and still have full
access to your data. This comes at a price: a RAID 1 array requires multiple
drives to achieve the storage capacity of a single drive. Figure 2–5 illustrates a
RAID 1 write.
Figure 2–5 Diagram of a RAID 1 Write
A RAID 1 array will show up on the monitor as “degraded” when at least one
drive fails, even if two or more members of the redundancy group remain in
good working order. As long as at least two working drives remain in the array,
you may continue to run the array in degraded mode without putting data in
jeopardy.
2.6.3 RAID 0+1
RAID 0+1 combines RAID 0 (striping) with RAID 1 (mirroring). In RAID 0+1
write, the controller breaks up the data block from the host into smaller chunks,
then writes the chunks to half the drives in the array, while writing duplicate
chunks to the remaining drives.