Practical Info on RAID

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Source
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RAID Type	Minimum number of Disks	Space lost to redun dancy	Read/Write Performance	Data Safety
RAID 0	2	None	Excellent	Poor
RAID 1	2	50%	Average	Good
RAID 0+1	4	50%	Good	Good
RAID 10	4	50%	Good	Good
RAID 5	3	1 Disk	Good	Good
RAID 6	4	2 Disks	Good	Excellent

Hard Drive Units
 SoldFailure
 Rate



Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 250GB SATAII2803.21%



Seagate SATA Barracuda 80GB2712.58%



Western Digital SATA Raptor 74GB5922.03%



Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB SATAII2021.98%



Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 160GB SATAII2651.89%



Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 80GB SATAII4031.74%



Western Digital ATA100 80.0GB WD800JB2901.72%



Western Digital SATA Raptor 150GB2781.44%