Posts Tagged 'RAID Controller'

6 Most Common Causes and Solutions for RAID 0 Failures

When one disk fails in RAID 0, the entire array will crash. So as to prevent RAID 0 failures and RAID 0 data loss, you should know its common causes and solutions. Now, this article will list out 6 of them. With RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) technology, you will be able to combine two or more drives in a storage system. Therefore, you could achieve more storage capacity simply by adding additional hard drives into the array. For most RAID levels, one of the most merits is the...

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Is It Possible to Add a SSD to HDD RAID 0?

Solid state drive (SSD) works much faster than traditional hard disk drive (HDD). So as to achieve greater performance in RAID 0, which is set up with HDDs, some users wish to add a SSD to such RAID system. But is it possible and right? This post will delve into this issue. As we all know, solid state drive (SSD) is a type of drive which is entirely different from mechanical hard disk drive (HDD), no matter in operating principles, drive components and so on. Due to the fact that SSD works...

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3 Common Causes and Solutions to RAID 5 Failures

RAID 5 has earned a lot of kudos thanks to its high speed and fault tolerance. But it does not mean that it won’t fail. This article will introduce the 3 common ways that RAID 5 systems can fail and lose data as well as the necessary solutions. RAID 5 is preferred by most common users. It must consist of at least 3 drives. Owing to its distributed parity, data redundancy can be realized perfectly. That is to say, if one drive fails, the RAID controller will be able to rebuild the array and...

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