Understanding RAID

Whether you have come across the term Redundant Array of Independent Disks or Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks, know that you are dealing with the concept of fault tolerance in a Windows Server. That said, RAID is a technology that combines a considerable number of physical disks into a single logical unit so that it can protect data in the case of disk failure. At the same time, note that RAID is not a backup solution and should never be considered.

Let’s look at the various types of RAIDs to understand storage redundancy.

Types of RAID

There are a considerable number of RAID types. The most widely used RAID types are as follows:

• RAID 0 is known as disk striping. It offers higher read and writing performance but is not fault-tolerant. For example, on Windows Server 2022, you can create a striped volume if you convert the disk from basic into dynamic.
• RAID 1 is known as disk mirroring and requires at least two disks for its implementation...