RAID
RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a storage technology that combines multiple disk drives to improve performance, reliability, and capacity. Here's a concise overview of RAID levels 1 to 10: RAID 1 (Mirroring): Uses two or more drives to create an exact copy of data Excellent read performance and fault tolerance 50% storage efficiency RAID 2: Rarely used in practice Stripes data at the bit level with Hamming code error correction Requires many disks, making it impractical RAID 3: Byte-level striping across multiple drives Uses a dedicated parity drive Good for large, sequential data transfers RAID 4: Block-level striping with a dedicated parity drive Better for small, random read operations than RAID 3 RAID 5: Stripes data and parity across all drives Good balance of performance, efficiency, and fault tolerance Can survive one drive failure RAID 6: Similar to RAID 5, but with double parity Can survive two simultaneous drive failures Better data protection than RAID 5, ...