Common RAID Levels

So you’re a home user , your not an engineer , your not an admin but you’re a computer enthusiast , you wouldn’t have a clue what RAID 5 Parity is , but you know what an IDE device is.  As an enthusiast your computer is a massive part of your life. You keep everything on there.  Your photos, your videos, your emails , your porn …. All the important stuff, but as any computer enthusiast, engineer, admin, tech will know …  Hard drives just don’t last.   Iv had hard drives only 3 months old die on me, yea sure I can get it back on warrantee, but who cares? IV LOST ALL MY DATA ! , I couldn’t care less about the price of the hard drive, it’s my gigs and gigs of photos and music iv lost that’s got me tearing my hair out. Continue reading “Common RAID Levels” »