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Date:      Sat, 8 Jul 2000 09:29:28 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@nwlink.com>
To:        Don Szczepanik <eyerun@buffnet.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Raid 0?
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.3.96.1000708092650.3265D-100000@utah>
In-Reply-To: <000f01bfe8d1$c0e671c0$53bc1cd0@default>

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On Sat, 8 Jul 2000, Don Szczepanik wrote:

> I understand Raid 0 is for speed but how does it work? does it
> requires 2 drives?
> Don Szczepanik

It spreads disc data across multiple drives. This increases the disc
bandwidth much the same way that two lanes on a highway is better then
one. Raid 0 needs more than one drive.

Read the "ABCs of RAID" on adaptec.com for a good primer on RAID.

Later,
Jason C. Wells



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