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RAID Level 1 (Mirroring)<br />

RAID 1 is the simplest form of maintaining redundant data. In RAID 1, data<br />

is mirrored or duplicated on one or more physical disks. If a physical disk on<br />

one side of the mirror fails, then the data can be rebuilt using the physical<br />

disk on the other side of the mirror.<br />

Figure 3-3. Mirroring Disks<br />

RAID 1 Characteristics:<br />

• Groups n + n disks as one virtual disk with the capacity of n disks. The<br />

controllers currently supported by <strong>Storage</strong> Management allow the<br />

selection of two disks when creating a RAID 1. Because these disks are<br />

mirrored, the total storage capacity is equal to one disk.<br />

• Data is replicated on the two disks.<br />

• When a disk fails, the virtual disk still works. The data is read from the<br />

failed disk’s mirror.<br />

• Better read performance, but slightly slower write performance.<br />

• Redundancy for protection of data.<br />

• RAID 1 is more expensive in terms of disk space since twice the number of<br />

disks are used than required to store the data without redundancy.<br />

42 Understanding RAID Concepts

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