RAID 5

The most common type of RAID configuration in the world, (for businesses).

Independent Data Disks with Distributed Parity Blocks

Each entire data block is written on a data disk; parity for blocks in the same rank is generated on Writes, recorded in a distributed location and checked on Reads.RAID Level 5 requires a minimum of 3 drives to implement.


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