Can someone explain to me the concept of raid 0 and tell me which one is the best?

[Executor]

Or just point me to a good article. Thanks in advance.

 

[Squibby]

What is Raid? <edit> Actually, now that I've read a little of the article...it kinda sucks...here's a better one: The skinny on RAID</edit>

That's the in depth version...my version is as follows:

Raid 0 = 2 HDs working as one. Half the file goes on one drive, the other half on the other. Basically, it doubles read/write speed.

Squibby

 

[ShaleMacGregor]

Raid spanning : Just makes the computer think alll your hard drives are one big drive, no performance gains

Raid Striping(0): Takes at least 2 drives, and writes &quot;stripes&quot; of data to each drive simultaneously, increasing speed.

Raid Mirroring(1): Takes at least 2 drives, and writes everything twice, once to each drive

Raid 0+1 : Takes 4 drives, gives the speed of striping, and the backup of mirroring, but requires twice the amount of drive space as striping..

 

[John]

Storagereview.com has a splendid raid article.

 

[neuralfx]

ya storagereview's article is ur best bet, it's the same one from pcguide.com if you have trouble finding it, good luck ..
-neural