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SK0-003 · Question #810

A technician currently has a server with RAID 0. The technician would like to improve read performance to the data partition by adding an additional hard drive and creating a new RAID with just the tw

The correct answer is A. 1. To improve read performance for a data partition using only two physical hard drives, the technician should select RAID 1.

Server hardware installation and management

Question

A technician currently has a server with RAID 0. The technician would like to improve read performance to the data partition by adding an additional hard drive and creating a new RAID with just the two physical hard drives. Which of the following RAID levels should the technician select for the new RAID?

Options

  • A1
  • B5
  • C6
  • D50

How the community answered

(35 responses)
  • A
    83% (29)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    6% (2)
  • D
    9% (3)

Why each option

To improve read performance for a data partition using only two physical hard drives, the technician should select RAID 1.

A1Correct

RAID 1 (mirroring) copies data identically to two or more drives. This setup allows read requests to be fulfilled by either drive, potentially improving read performance, and provides fault tolerance since data is duplicated.

B5

RAID 5 requires a minimum of three drives to implement striping with distributed parity.

C6

RAID 6 requires a minimum of four drives to implement striping with dual distributed parity.

D50

RAID 50 is a nested RAID level (RAID 5 striped with RAID 0) that requires a minimum of six drives (at least two sets of RAID 5).

Concept tested: RAID levels and performance characteristics

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/disk-management/understanding-raid

Topics

#RAID levels#RAID 1#Read performance#Data redundancy

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