What is Raid for the average Joe?

1	As the title says what is raid for the average joe? raid what is it asked Jun 05 '10 at 14:21 ratstroke 96●8●10●15

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redundant array of independent disks

it allows for different ability you can make a copy of data on one drive to another in case one fails for redundancy, or you can strip the data across multiple drives for speed, and various combinations of the two

answered Jun 05 '10 at 14:27

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