The Cuddletech Veritas Volume Manager Series
RAID Theory: An Overview
Ben Rockwood
CDLTK
Cuddletech
benr@cuddletech.com
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This is the first paper in The Cuddletech Veritas Volume Manager Series. Concepts of RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive/Independant Disks) are discused in detail.
Table of Contents
1.
RAID: That it is; What it does
2.
RAID: The Details
2.1.
RAID Type: Concatenation
2.2.
RAID Type: Striping (RAID-0)
2.3.
RAID Type: Mirroring (RAID-1)
2.4.
RAID Type: Stripping plus Mirroring (RAID-0+1)
2.5.
RAID Type: RAID-5 (Striping with Parity)
2.6.
RAID Comparison: RAID0+1 vs RAID5
3.
RAID History: The Lost Brothers
4.
Conclusion: Closing Notes
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RAID: That it is; What it does