RAID
0 Defined, Redundant Array of Independent Disks
Reads
and writes sectors of data is interleaved between multiple drives.
Downside: It
takes only one drive to fail and the entire array is affected.
Performance on RAID 0 is better than having a single drive as the work is
split between the array drives. Identical drives are recommended
for performance as well as data storage efficiency so it is
recommended that you use not just the same make and size but even
the same model number.
You need a minimum of two drives to form a
RAID 0. The disk array data capacity is equal to the number of
drive members times the smallest member capacity. For example, one
1GB and three 1.2GB drives will form a 4GB (4 x 1GB) disk array.
Stripe
Size - a value can be set from 1KB to 1024KB sector size. The size
can directly affect performance. If you are dealing mainly with
small files you may want to use an 8KB sector size whilst for
Server and Audio/Video Editing – which typically use large files
– recommended sector size is 64KB.
From
ACNC:
RAID 0
implements a striped disk array, the data is broken down into
blocks and each block is written to a separate disk drive
I/O
performance is greatly improved by spreading the I/O load across
many channels and drives
More
information on RAID
RAID
0 can be used together with RAID
1 to provide RAID 0 + 1 giving the advantages of
both striping and mirroring.
An
interesting concept is that RAID 0+1 is not the same as RAID 1+0.
This technical
article explains the difference and makes a
case for why RAID 1+0 is better than RAID 0+1.
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