Benefits of a RAID 0 (Striped hard drives):
- RAID 0 implements a striped disk array wherein the data is broken down into ‘blocks’ and each ‘block’ is written to a separate disk drive.
- Input/Output (I/O) performance is greatly improved by spreading the I/O load across many channels and drives.
- Best performance is achieved when the data is striped across multiple controllers with only one drive per controller.
- Generally used for high end Audio/Visual applications where speed and access time to large files is the primary requirement.
RAID 0 is a very simple design and is easy to implement, however there is one critical point which needs to be made:
- The failure of just one drive will result in all data in the array to be lost and therefore should never be used in mission critical environments.
Should you have a failed RAID 0 setup
CBL Data Recovery will require all hard drives from the RAID 0 array to assess the severity of the crash and to develop a recovery solution. A proficient recovery evaluation will be presented to you the same day we receive the units.
