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Chapter 1
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Features of the CHALLENGE RAID Storage
System
RAID (redundant array of inexpensive disks) technology provides
redundant disk resources in disk-array configurations that make the storage
system more highly available and improve reliability and performance.
RAID was first defined by D. Patterson, G. Garth, and R. Katz of the
University of California, Berkeley, in their 1987 paper, “A Case for
Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks (RAID)” (University of California,
Berkeley, Report No. UCB/CSD/87/391). That paper defines various levels
of RAID.
This chapter introduces the CHALLENGE RAID disk-array storage system.
It explains:
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CHALLENGE RAID storage system components
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data availability and performance
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RAID levels
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the RAID hot spare
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using the CHALLENGE RAID command line interface
Figure 1-1 is an external view of the deskside version of the CHALLENGE
RAID storage system.