RAID Level: |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
10 |
53 |
0+1 |
RAID 0+1: High Data Transfer Performance RAID Level 0+1 requires a minimum
of 4 drives to implement |
Characteristics/Advantages RAID 0+1 is implemented as a
mirrored array whose segments are RAID 0 arrays RAID 0+1 has the same fault tolerance as RAID level 5 RAID 0+1 has the same overhead for fault-tolerance as mirroring
alone High I/O rates are achieved thanks to multiple stripe segments Excellent solution for sites that need high performance but are not
concerned with achieving maximum reliability |
Disadvantages RAID 0+1 is NOT to be confused
with RAID 10. A single drive failure will cause the whole array to become,
in essence, a RAID Level 0 array Very expensive / High overhead All drives must move in parallel to proper track lowering sustained
performance Very limited scalability at a very high inherent cost |