What is prevented using RAID technology?

A.
Data loss

B.
Host Bus Adapter failures

C.
Security breach

D.
Switch failure

Explanation:
Today’s data centers house hundreds of disk drives in their storage infrastructure. Disk drives are
inherently susceptible to failures due to mechanical wear and tear and other environmental
factors, which could result in data loss. The greater the number of disk drives in a storage array,
the greater the probability of a disk failure in the array. For example, consider a storage array of
100 disk drives, each with an average life expectancy of 750,000 hours. The average life
expectancy of this collection in the array, therefore, is 750,000/100 or 7,500 hours. This means
that a disk drive in this array is likely to fail at least once in 7,500 hours.
RAID is an enabling technology that leverages multiple drives as part of a set that provides data
protection against drive failures. In general, RAID implementations also improve the storage
system performance by serving I/Os from multiple disks simultaneously. Modern arrays with flash
drives also benefit in terms of protection and performance by using RAID.
EMC E10-001 Student Resource Guide. Module 3: Data Protection – RAID