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ALSO CALLED: Array, R A I D Array, Storage Arrays, Arrays, RAID Array, Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks, R A I D, Redundant Array of Independent Disks, and Disk Arrays DEFINITION: RAID (redundant array of independent disks; originally redundant array of inexpensive disks) is a way of storing the same data in different places (thus, redundantly) on multiple hard disks. By placing data on multiple disks, I/O (input/output) operations can overlap … Definition continues below.

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Building a Highly Reliable SAN sponsored by Dell \| EqualLogic WHITE PAPER: Posted: 09 May 2008 \| Published: 09 May 2008 SUMMARY: System reliability is a vital component in Storage Area Network (SAN) design that keeps your production environment operating and avoids data loss and downtime. TOPICS: RAID \| SAN \| Storage Arrays \| System Design

ISCSI SAN BOOT - Simplifying Server Operations on SANS sponsored by Dell \| EqualLogic WHITE PAPER: Posted: 09 May 2008 \| Published: 09 May 2008 SUMMARY: Storage area networks (SAN) deliver consolidated storage and advanced storage management features. TOPICS: iSCSI SAN \| Networks \| RAID \| SAN \| Storage Management

Looking beyond RAID and Virtualization sponsored by Omneon WHITE PAPER: Posted: 01 May 2008 \| Published: 01 May 2008 SUMMARY: This paper touched upon how RAID and virtualization do provide benefits for certain storage issues but ultimately both succumb to their limitations. TOPICS: Digital Media \| RAID \| Storage \| Virtualization

Edison Group Paper - EMC, Net App and HP Mid Range Storage TCO sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: Posted: 29 Apr 2008 \| Published: 01 Nov 2007 SUMMARY: This report is based on a combination of hands-on evaluation, review of relevant published documents on storage cost of ownership, and reports on data center and storage administrator salaries. TOPICS: Data Centers \| RAID \| Storage Arrays \| Storage Management \| Virtualization

The Fundamentals of a Well-Built SAN sponsored by LeftHand Networks WHITE PAPER: Posted: 21 Apr 2008 \| Published: 01 Jan 2007 SUMMARY: The purpose of this white paper is to describe the SAN/iQ storage software platform and how its architecture contributes to it being more scalable, available, reliable, and high performance than competitive platforms. TOPICS: Backups \| Customers \| Data Storage Management \| iSCSI SAN \| RAID \| SAN

Disk-based Data Protection Options: The Changing Data Protection Landscape sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Posted: 16 Apr 2008 \| Published: 16 Apr 2008 SUMMARY: This paper will compare and contrast the benefits of all new disk-based data protection options to allow you to select the best technology for each of the data types to be protected in your environment. TOPICS: Data Centers \| Data Protection \| Disk-based Backups \| Magnetic Tapes \| RAID \| Virtual Tape Libraries

ESG: Disk-based Backup with Data Deduplication sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Posted: 16 Apr 2008 \| Published: 01 Mar 2008 SUMMARY: Read this ESG lab report to learn how a disk-based backup system uses data de-duplication to provide space efficient capacity optimization, fast and reliable backup and recovery performance and WAN-optimized remote replication TOPICS: Backup Software \| Continuous Data Protection \| Data Replication \| Disaster Planning \| Disaster Recovery \| Disk Backups \| RAID \| Serial ATA \| Storage Best Practices \| Tape Backups \| WAN

The Modern Virtualized Data Center sponsored by Pillar Data Systems WHITE PAPER: Posted: 15 Apr 2008 \| Published: 01 Apr 2008 SUMMARY: Virtualization has been a positive evolutionary step in the data center, driving consolidation of these resources to maximize utilization and power savings, as well as to simplify management and maintenance. TOPICS: Data Centers \| RAID \| SAN \| Storage \| Virtualization \| VMware

IDC: Gain Business Value from Unstructured Data with Content Archiving sponsored by Hitachi Data Systems WHITE PAPER: Posted: 09 Apr 2008 \| Published: 01 Feb 2008 SUMMARY: Content archiving is becoming a popular strategy in today's organizations. Read this IDC white paper to learn how you can benefit from the advantages of content archiving solutions while also meeting your legal, regulatory and business initiatives. TOPICS: Content Archiving \| Content Archiving Software \| Continuous Data Protection \| Data Mining \| Data Recovery \| Disk Backups \| Electronic Discovery \| RAID \| Regulatory Compliance \| Storage Best Practices \| Tape Backups \| Unstructured Data

Assessing the Financial Impact of System i (IBM iSeries) Downtime - Understand the Factors that Contribute to the Cost of Downtime sponsored by Vision Solutions WHITE PAPER: Posted: 02 Apr 2008 \| Published: 01 Jan 2007 SUMMARY: This white paper will address the assessment of threats to your IT operations, inclusive of systems, applications, and data, and will guide you through the process of developing solid numbers around the potential costs they represent. TOPICS: Assessing Risk \| Downtime \| RAID \| ROI \| Security \| Vulnerabilities

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RAID DEFINITION (continued): … in a balanced way, improving performance. Since multiple disks increases the mean time between failures (MTBF), storing data redundantly also increases fault tolerance.

A RAID appears to the operating system to be a single logical hard disk. RAID employs the technique of disk striping, which involves partitioning each drive's storage space into units ranging from a sector (512 bytes) up to several megabytes. The stripes of all the disks are …
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