RAID
RAID stands for redundant array of independent disks, and as the name implies, it’s a technology that combines a number of physically separate hard drives to improve drive performance and/or reliability. Depending on how the RAID is configured, you can use it to double your file-storage throughput (great for large video-file editing), or rely on a failover drive to keep the system running in the event of the primary drive dying. You can also combine these configurations for the best of both worlds, assuming you have the money and enough drive bays to house the extra hardware.
Many types of RAID configurations exist. You can research the different kinds on various websites, including Wikipedia,[42] but I’ll cover the most popular here. ...
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