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.
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)- A8% (3)
- B3% (1)
- C76% (28)
- D14% (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.
RAID 0 provides no fault tolerance and would result in complete data loss with a single drive failure, failing to meet the protection requirement.
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.
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.
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
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