How many disks are required to create RAID 3 utilizing five data drives with a hot spare?

5 disks would only accommodate the data drives, leaving no room for parity or a hot spare in a RAID 3 configuration.

6 disks would allow for five data drives and one parity drive, but would not include a hot spare.

RAID 3 requires one dedicated parity drive for fault tolerance, meaning 5 data drives + 1 parity drive = 6 drives for the array. Adding one hot spare to this configuration brings the total number of disks required to 6 + 1 = 7 disks.

10 disks is significantly more than needed for five data drives, one parity drive, and one hot spare.