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What is the definition of a “RAID 5″ volume?

April 26, 2017definition raid 5 volume

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What is the definition of a “RAID 5″ volume?

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“RAID 5″ refers to a “Redundant Array of Inexpensive (or Independent) Disks” that have been established in a Level 5, or striped with parity, volume set. A RAID 5 volume is a combination of hard drives that are configured for data to be written across three (3) or more drives. Q: What is “parity” or “parity data”? A: In a RAID 5 configuration, additional data is written to the disk that should allow the volume to be rebuilt in the event that a single drive fails. In the event that a single drive does fail, the volume continues to operate in a “degraded” state (no fault tolerance). Once the failed drive is replaced with a new hard drive (of the same or higher capacity), the “parity data” is used to rebuild the contents of the failed drive on the new one. Q: What the minimum drive requirements to create a RAID 5 volume? A: RAID 5 volume sets require a minimum of at least three (3) hard drives (preferably of the same capacity) to create and maintain a RAID 5 volume. If one drive is of a l