Well-known RAID types are as follows:
- RAID 0: This is known as disk striping, offers higher read and write performance, but it is not fault-tolerant. On Windows Server 2016, you can create a striped volume if you convert the disk from basic to dynamic.
- RAID 1: This is known as disk mirroring, requires at least two disks, and offers excellent read and write performance. It works in such a way that all the data that resides on disk A is mirrored on disk B. In the case of disk failure, the RAID controller uses any of the available disks.
- RAID 5: This is known as disk striping with parity, requires at least three disks, and represents the most fault-tolerant RAID available. The parity data is spread across all disks, meaning ...