A picture is worth a wikipedia article
Posted by Christophe on May 17, 2009
First, let me say this is not a technical post.
RAIDs are a fancy way to take several small hard drives, and make them look like a big one – with or without fault tolerance.
Has anyone ever tried to explain to you the subitility of RAID selection?
Wikipedia does it in 15 screens. Precise, rich, informative… but tedious, and out of reach for most people.
Now, here’s another way to explain RAID:

Requirements, story conditions of satisfactions, Documentation…
Are you using the right communication tools?
