What is RAID?

[Watty]

and why would I need it?

 

[Chris]

and why would I need it?

I suggest you Google for RAID for a more comprehensive answer, but in
short is a technique to make data stored on disk drives less vulnerable
to hardware errors.

As for your second question, if you understand what it is, you should
know why you need it (or not)

 

[Gotde T Shirt]

and why would I need it?

http://www.killsbugsdead.com/fop_ark.asp

 

[Arno Wagner]

and why would I need it?

RAID = Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks.

Obviously to get redundancy by way of using cheap disks
in an array....

Arno

 

[Rotten Ronny]

and why would I need it?

You don't need it. There are differnet ways to use RAID too and it can be
used for other purposes than making your data safer. For example, you can
use it to make 2 HDDs appear as one HDD.

 

[Chris]

You don't need it. There are differnet ways to use RAID too and it can be
used for other purposes than making your data safer. For example, you can
use it to make 2 HDDs appear as one HDD.

Well, no. Following your example, the 2 HDDs still appear as two
separate drives. perhaps you meant "appear as 1 LUN"? Not the same thing.

 

[Eric Gisin]

It's a pesticide you spray on trolls when they have fleas.

 

[Rotten Ronny]

Well, no. Following your example, the 2 HDDs still appear as two separate
drives. perhaps you meant "appear as 1 LUN"? Not the same thing.

Whatever. I have an external 1TB HDD that is actually 2 HDDs but appears as
one in the OS due to the RAID setup it is using.

 

[Majki Majk]

It's a pesticide you spray on trolls when they have fleas.

Yeah Eric, but what the heck does it have to do with computers ?




LOl.

 

[jamesblake]

Raid

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[jamesblake]

Well RAID which stands for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks.It's a technology that employs the simultaneous use of two or more hard disk drives to achieve greater levels of performance, reliability, and/or larger data volume sizes.

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[jamesblake]

Regarding the phrase "RAID" is an umbrella term for computer data storage schemes that can divide and replicate data among multiple hard disk drives. RAID's various designs all involve two key design goals: increased data reliability and increased input/output performance but the array is seen by the computer user and operating system as one single disk............
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