The term “hardware RAID” refers to using dedicated hardware to accomplish RAID. This is typically done by adding a RAID controller to an expansion port on the motherboard. The RAID controller will have it own processing controllers to handle the RAID. Servers that are designed for multiple disk drives usually have a RAID controller card […]

RAID, which stands for redundant array of inexpensive (or independent) disks, is a disk drive technology that combines multiple disk drives into a single volume. Compared to standard disk drives, RAID gives an advantage of either improved read/write performance, data redundancy, or both. RAID is accomplished by using three basic technologies, disk striping, mirroring, or […]