RAID 1 is known as mirroring. In this RAID level, data is duplicated across two or more disks, ensuring that an exact copy exists on each disk. This provides high availability and data redundancy, as if one disk fails, the data remains accessible from the other disk(s). However, it requires double the storage capacity for the same amount of data.
Disk mirroring
RAID 1
RAID level 1
Level 1
RAID 10, also known as RAID 1+0, is a combination of mirroring and striping. It combines the redundancy of mirroring (RAID 1) with the performance benefits of striping (RAID 0). In RAID 10, data is striped across multiple drives, while each stripe is mirrored to ensure data redundancy. This setup provides high performance and fault tolerance but requires a minimum of four drives.
The actual level used is not as important as what use the server is intended for. Different levels of RAID are used for different applications. They can include mirroring and striping.
Raid 1 is mirroring.
RAID, or Redundant Array of Independent Disks, comes in several levels, each designed for different needs. The most common types include RAID 0 (striping for performance without redundancy), RAID 1 (mirroring for redundancy), RAID 5 (striping with parity for a balance of performance and fault tolerance), and RAID 10 (a combination of striping and mirroring for both speed and redundancy). Other variations, like RAID 2, 3, 4, and 6, exist but are less commonly used. Each RAID level offers distinct advantages and trade-offs depending on the requirements for performance, redundancy, and storage capacity.
RAID 1. Redundant Array of Independent Disks.
That is RAID 1. It uses two drives with identical data so if one fails, you have the other drive. One variation of RAID 1 used by certain controllers is to write as RAID 1 but read more like RAID 0 (but without the striping). That way, you have the write protection of a mirrored set, but can use the two drives to do interleaved reads for a read performance boost.
Mirroring is the method it is used. This is commonly in the specifications of RAID1, RAID5, RAID10, RAID1+0, RAID15, and others. RAID is commonly used to designate RAID (Redundant Array of Independant Disks) setups, but RAID is not technically recognized as a specification, and not all RAID types and enumerations (such as 15) are even recognized as valid designations. RAID may also not involve data redundancy or mirroring at all, such as in Striping (RAID0, RAID2, RAID3, RAID1+0, etc.)
RAID level 0RAID 0RAID 0 (block-level striping without parity or mirroring) has no (or zero) redundancy. It provides improved performance and additional storage but no fault tolerance. Any drive failure destroys the array, and the likelihood of failure increases with more drives in the array.