You are building a server to host a data warehouse.
The pl
anned disk activity for the data warehouse is five percent write activity and 95 percent read activity.
You need to recommend a storage solution for the data files of the data warehouse. The solution must meet the following requirements:
Ensure that the
data warehouse is available if two disks fail.
Minimize hardware costs.
Which RAID configuration should you recommend?
A. RAID 1
B. RAID 5
C. RAID 6
D. RAID 10
Explanation:
According to the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), the
definition of RAID 6 is: -Any form of RAID that can continue to execute read and write requests to all of a RAID arrays virtual disks in the presence of any two concurrent disk failures.-
Incorrect Answers:
A: RAID 1 can only handle a single disk failure
.
B: RAID 5 can only handle a single disk failure.
D: RAID 10 is a stripe of mirrors. It requires more disks compared with RAID 6.
References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_RAID_levels#RAID_6