Introduction to RAID Levels
KISS-Stor 0/5 – User’s Manual
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RAID 0: Striped disk array without fault tolerance
Characteristics:
Recommended use:
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RAID 0 implements a striped disk array, the
data is broken down into blocks (A, B, C, D, E,
F,G, H, I, J, K, etc.) and each block is written
to a separate disk drive.
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I/O performance is greatly improved by
spreading the I/O load across many channels
and drives.
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Fastest and most efficient array type but offers
no fault-tolerance.
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Storage capacity = (No. of disks) × (capacity of
smallest disk)
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Video production and
editing
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Image editing
q
Pre-press applications
q
Any application requiring
high bandwidth
