Dell-EMC
D-ISM-FN-01 · Question #209
What happens when a disk fails in a RAID 5 array configured with a hot spare?
The correct answer is D. Both read and write operations can continue. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Data Protection
Question
What happens when a disk fails in a RAID 5 array configured with a hot spare?
Options
- AReads continue from the hot spare but writes will fail
- BArray must be shut down immediately to replace the failed disk
- CBoth read and write operations cannot continue
- DBoth read and write operations can continue
How the community answered
(28 responses)- A7% (2)
- B4% (1)
- C14% (4)
- D75% (21)
Topics
#RAID 5#hot spare#disk failure#fault tolerance
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