Scenario: A Citrix Architect is designing a multi-server Provisioning Services solution for CGE. The solution must be highly available and minimize the risk of vDisk inconsistency. How should the arch

RAID 0 (Striping) provides performance but no fault tolerance, making it unsuitable for the operating system and critical configuration data on a DFS namespace server where data redundancy is essential.

RAID 1 (Mirroring) is appropriate for the local storage on a DFS namespace server, primarily for the operating system and DFS metadata, as it provides fault tolerance for critical system files. Since a DFS namespace server typically does not directly store high-I/O vDisk data, RAID 1 offers sufficient redundancy without the overhead of higher-performance RAID levels.

Implementing high-speed local storage with deduplication is focused on optimizing storage space and potentially performance for file data, but it is not a primary solution for the fault tolerance of a server's OS and core system files like RAID.

RAID 10 (Striping with Mirroring) provides high performance and fault tolerance, but it is generally overkill for the local storage of a DFS namespace server, which primarily hosts metadata and not the actual high-I/O vDisk content, making RAID 1 a more cost-effective and adequate choice.