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Difference between RAID

0+1 vs RAID 1+0
Posted by decipherinfosys on January 15,

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of 10 each. Then, we would turn each set
into a RAID 0 array containing 10 disks
each and then we would mirror those two
arrays.

So, is there a difference at all? The storage

is the same, the drive requirements are the
same and based on the testing also, there is
not much difference in performance either.
The difference is actually in the fault
tolerance. Let’s look at the two steps that we
mentioned above in more detail:

RAID 1+0:
Drives 1+2 = RAID 1 (Mirror Set A)
Drives 3+4 = RAID 1 (Mirror Set B)
Drives 5+6 = RAID 1 (Mirror Set C)
Drives 7+8 = RAID 1 (Mirror Set D)
Drives 9+10 = RAID 1 (Mirror Set E)
Drives 11+12 = RAID 1 (Mirror Set F)
Drives 13+14 = RAID 1 (Mirror Set G)
Drives 15+16 = RAID 1 (Mirror Set H)
Drives 17+18 = RAID 1 (Mirror Set I)
Drives 19+20 = RAID 1 (Mirror Set J)

Now, we do a RAID 0 stripe across sets A

through J. If drive 5 fails, then only the
mirror set C is affected. It still has drive 6 so
it will continue to function and the entire
RAID 1+0 array will keep functioning.
Now, suppose that while the drive 5 was
being replaced, drive 17 fails, then also the
array is fine because drive 17 is in a different
mirror set. So, bottom line is that in the
above configuration atmost 10 drives can

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July 17, 2009 at 10:19 pm

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