Reliable RAID Systems, an overview.

Pro­fes­sional pho­tog­ra­phers and film­mak­ers,  are always (and should be) con­cerned with stor­age devices, such as hard dri­ves to cre­ate reli­able back­ups and effi­cient work­flows. All hard dri­ves will fail even­tu­ally, that is why using RAID (Redun­dant Array of Inex­pen­sive Disks) sys­tems is often our rec­om­mended strat­egy. A RAID is a set of con­nected hard dri­ves designed to store dig­i­tal files and infor­ma­tion in a much more reli­able man­ner. Most cur­rent RAID units can also mon­i­tor a Hard Dri­ves’ sys­tem health, fan, and power sup­ply and warn users when there’s a potential failure.

There are sev­eral dif­fer­ent lev­els at which a RAID sys­tem can be con­fig­ured. In the photo and video indus­try, we gen­er­ally use RAID lev­els 0, 1, 5, and 6. One way to remem­ber them is: Fastest (0), Mir­ror (1), Safe (5), and Safest (6).

Inter­ested in learn­ing more about RAID sys­tems? Then read this arti­cle we recently wrote for Canon’s Dig­i­tal Learn­ing Cen­ter to bet­ter under­stand how they work, their dif­fer­ences on per­for­mance, com­pat­i­bil­ity and size. Don’t wait until it’s too late to estab­lish a good backup strat­egy! If you need help, don’t hes­i­tate to con­tact us.

RAID Systems

Source: eduardoangel.com