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    RAID LEVELS

    What is RAID?

    ➢ Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks.

    Basic idea is to connect multiple disks together to provide

    ➢ Large storage capacity

    ➢ Faster access to reading data

    ➢ Redundant data
    Why RAID?
    ➢ RAID system provides data redundancy, fault tolerance,
    increased capacity and increased performance.

    ➢ RAID has for a long time been something that you only find in
    large server systems, but lately cheaper
    ➢ RAID controller card have made it possible to get a RAID system
    even for small servers and home computers.
    RAID LEVELS:

    ➢ RAID 0 – striping
    ➢ RAID 1 – mirroring
    ➢ RAID 2 – redundancy through Hamming
    ➢ RAID 3 – bit interleaved Parity
    ➢ RAID 4 – block interleaved Parity
    ➢ RAID 5 – striping with parity
    LEVEL 0 (striping):

    ➢ Striping means that each file is split into blocks of a certain


    size and those are distributed to the various drives.
    ➢ Offers superior I/O performance.
    ➢ Performance can be enhanced further by using multiple
    controllers.
    LEVEL 1 (mirroring):

    ➢ Mirroring means duplication of data i.e


    ➢ Data are stored twice.
    ➢ Writing them to both the data disk and a mirror disk .
    ➢ The controller uses either the data drive or the mirror drive for
    data recovery.
    LEVEL 2 (redundancy through Hamming):

    ➢ Bit-level striping means that the file is broken into “bit-sized


    pieces”.
    ➢ It uses a Hamming code for error correction.
    LEVEL 3 (bit interleaved Parity):

    ➢ Byte-level striping means that the file is broken into "byte-


    sized pieces“.
    ➢ Written in parallel on two or more drives.
    ➢ An additional drive stores parity information.
    LEVEL 4 (block interleaved Parity):

    ➢ Block-level striping means that each file is split into blocks of


    a certain size .
    ➢ Allows each member to act independently when only a single
    block is requested.
    ➢ Service multiple read requests simultaneously.
    LEVEL 5 (striping with parity):

    ➢ Most common secure RAID level.


    ➢ Except that data are transferred to disks by independent read
    and write operations.

    ➢ Instead of a dedicated parity disk, parity information is spread


    across all the drives.
    RAID Level-10
    • Combine Level-0 and Level-1
    • Stripe a files data across multiple disks
    – gives great read/write performance
    • Mirror each strip onto a second disk
    – gives the best redundancy
    • The most high performance system
    • The most expensive system
    Conclusion:

    ➢ Overall it provides systems with a variety of benefits


    depending upon the version implemented.

    ➢ Most users will likely opt to use the RAID 0 for increased
    performance without the loss of storage space.

    ➢ This is primarily because redundancy is not an issue for the


    average user.

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