Kontron KISS Stor 1 - Manual (Page 14)

Introduction to RAID Level
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RAID 1: Mirrored disk array
Characteristics: Recommended use:
q
Better Read transaction rate then single disks,
same Write transaction rate as single disks.
q 100% redundancy of data means no rebuild of
data is necessary in case of disk failure, just a
copy to the replacement disk.
q All the disks have the same data.
q Raid level 1 requires two drives.
q Storage capacity = Capacity of smaller disk
q
Accounting
q Payroll
q Financial
q Any application requiring
high availability