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SK0-005 · Question #589

A database server recently experienced a drive failure. Due to the large 8TB drive sizes, the RAID 5 rebuild time was excessive. Which of the following RAID methods would protect against additional…

The correct answer is C. RAID 6. RAID 6 is the most cost-effective solution for large drives that protects against two simultaneous drive failures, which is critical during lengthy rebuild processes.

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Question

A database server recently experienced a drive failure. Due to the large 8TB drive sizes, the RAID 5 rebuild time was excessive. Which of the following RAID methods would protect against additional drive failures during rebuilds and cost the least?

Options

  • ARAID 0
  • BRAID 1
  • CRAID 6
  • DRAID 10

How the community answered

(37 responses)
  • A
    8% (3)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    76% (28)
  • D
    14% (5)

Why each option

RAID 6 is the most cost-effective solution for large drives that protects against two simultaneous drive failures, which is critical during lengthy rebuild processes.

ARAID 0

RAID 0 provides no fault tolerance and would result in complete data loss with a single drive failure, failing to meet the protection requirement.

BRAID 1

RAID 1 provides fault tolerance against a single drive failure through mirroring but does not offer protection against a second failure during a rebuild and is less space-efficient for large datasets than RAID 6.

CRAID 6Correct

RAID 6 provides fault tolerance against two simultaneous drive failures by using two independent parity blocks, making it highly resilient during extended rebuild times when a second drive failure is more likely. It offers a better balance of cost and redundancy for large-capacity drives compared to RAID 10, which uses 50% of total disk space for mirroring.

DRAID 10

RAID 10 provides robust fault tolerance but requires 50% of the total disk space for redundancy (mirroring), making it more expensive than RAID 6 in terms of storage capacity.

Concept tested: RAID levels fault tolerance and cost efficiency

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

Topics

#RAID levels#Fault tolerance#Storage overhead#Data redundancy

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