Muddy: Week 14

Week 14 was completely confusing to me. I was familiar with the RAID1 and RAID0 from previous lectures, however, adding RAID5 and these other types of advanced storage devices along with networking really threw me for a loop. It was also extremely hard to concentrate on during the Thanksgiving Holidays and I almost forgot we had a class assignment due.


To begin with, this week was all about Enterprise Computing. Throughout this lecture we talked about RAID, which stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. This method is used to treat multiple disks as if they are one as to be more efficient. RAID0 uses a striping method to utilize two or more drives at once. The main problem that comes with using this method is that if one drive fails they both fail and all data is lost. Most people prefer to use RAID1 which has a mirroring technique. This technique copies the drive allowing for data recovery if either drive fails. 


This information is extremely valuable in the business world because it can protect a major corporation from a complete system meltdown. If they choose the wrong type of storage and do not have their files properly backed-up, then the business could completely fail and go under. While this technology is also very important to the everyday user. 


Below I have included a link to a website that helped me to better understand the multiple advanced storage systems CPUs can come with and how they can be used. 


http://www.wdc.com/en/products/raid/