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SK0-003 · Question #803

Which of the following techniques can be used to automatically rebuild a RAID array due to a disk failure?

The correct answer is A. Hot spare. A hot spare is a pre-installed, inactive drive in a RAID array that automatically replaces a failed drive and initiates the array rebuild process without manual intervention.

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Question

Which of the following techniques can be used to automatically rebuild a RAID array due to a disk failure?

Options

  • AHot spare
  • BStriping
  • CCold spare
  • DParity

How the community answered

(27 responses)
  • A
    93% (25)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • C
    4% (1)

Why each option

A hot spare is a pre-installed, inactive drive in a RAID array that automatically replaces a failed drive and initiates the array rebuild process without manual intervention.

AHot spareCorrect

A hot spare is a disk drive that is part of a RAID system but is not actively used for data storage until another drive in the array fails. Upon detecting a disk failure, the RAID controller automatically activates the hot spare, transfers the redundancy information (like parity) to rebuild the array, and restores data protection.

BStriping

Striping (RAID 0) distributes data across multiple disks without any redundancy, meaning a single disk failure leads to complete data loss and no rebuild is possible.

CCold spare

A cold spare is a replacement drive kept offline, requiring manual installation and configuration to replace a failed drive, thus not enabling an automatic rebuild.

DParity

Parity is a data redundancy technique used in RAID levels like RAID 5 or RAID 6 to allow data reconstruction after a disk failure, but it is the method for redundancy, not the component that automatically initiates the rebuild process.

Concept tested: RAID fault tolerance and hot spares

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/about-raid

Topics

#RAID#Hot spare#Disk failure

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