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RAID 5
RAID 5 includes a rotating parity array, thus, all read and write operations can be
overlapped. RAID 5 stores parity information but not redundant data. It requires at
least three disks to provide the most economic way to maximize data capacity with
faster transfer rate.
JBOD
JBOD is an acronym for Just a Bunch of Disks. It is used to refer to hard disks that
aren't configured according to RAID a subsystem of disk drives that improves
performance and fault tolerance. JBOD provides much more capacity (the sum of all
the disks). If there is more than a single physical disk (not member of an array and
not an ATAPI device or a removable disk), you can create a JBOD array.
Serial ATA
Serial ATA is an evolutionary replacement for the IDE ATA physical storage
interface.Serial ATA is scalable and will allow future enhancements to the computing
platform.
Broken Array
Disk array with a member disk failed. A broken RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 1/0 array
can still function with the remained normal disks, but a broken RAID 0 or JBOD will
no longer function.
Rebuild
The ability to use a new disk to replace the failed disk in a redundant disk array (say
mirror array, 1/0 array or 5 array), then to repair the broken disk array and recover all
the data on that failed disk.
Duplicate
The operation of duplicating user data to generate backup data within a RAID 1
array. Also known as Synchronize.
Spare Disk
A spare hard disk which can automatically be used to replace the failed member of a
redundant disk array and then automatically recover the redundant disk array
without intervention.
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