
Appendix A
Glossary
Array
Also known as Disk Array, two or more hard disks combined together to appear as a
single device to the host computer.
RAID
Redundant Array of Independent Disks, it is a method of combining several hard
disks (physical disks) into one logical unit (logical disk), thus providing higher
performance and data redundancy.
RAID Levels
RAID levels refer to different array architectures (or methods of organizing a disk
array). Different RAID levels represent different performance level, security level and
cost.
Striping
Known as RAID 0, spread data over multiple disks to improve performance. It does
not provide data protection.
Mirroring
Known as RAID 1, which provides data protection by real-time and automatic
duplicating all data from a source disk to a mirror disk.
RAID 1/0
It is the combination of RAID 1 and RAID 0.
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