ext_15583 ([identity profile] autographedcat.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] autographedcat 2004-06-18 07:58 am (UTC)

The computer industry is powered by acronyms. :)

Just in case anyone doesn't know, RAID is "Redundant Array of Inexpensive[1] Disks", and is used to make an array of smaller disks act like they're one large disk. (at least, as it's being implemented here. It can also be used to make a simple mirror, so that if one drive fails the other takes over seamlessly.

[1] I've also seen this written as "Independent"

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