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TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Are you just getting started in developing a comprehensive storage, backup or disaster recovery plan? Here you will find information on our technologies and technical terms.
RAID - WHAT IS IT?

RAID - Redundant Array of Inexpensive (or sometimes "Independent") Disks - is a method of combining several hard drives into one logical unit. It can offer fault tolerance and higher throughput levels than a single hard drive or group of independent hard drives.
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 RAID - What is it?
RAID CALCULATOR
Use RAID Calculator to determine available storage based on RAID level.

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Hot Spares will subtract from the total number of disks. Please take this into account when calculating the total number of disks.
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