A Mass Storage Device utilizing multiple storage devices to be used as:
- A contiguous block of memory
- Independent disks that can back eachother up
RAID Forms
RAID Levels
RAID Implementation
Software Monitors
Literally free, given that you have ATA S.M.A.R.T software. Windows has a built in RAID software called “Disk Management”
Hardware Monitors
You can purchase a SATA RAID controller
These controllers have their own CPU and memory that can handle the work of maintaining and implementing RAID.
Hardware based RAID is invisible to the OS, so configuring it will usually occur before the OS boots.
