Hybrid RAID recovery

Retrodata recover corrupt RAID data from any RAID level.

Hybrid RAID levels are simply those that mix two different levels of RAID within the same array. For example, two RAID 3 servers that have been striped are known as RAID 30.

RAID 0+1. Also known as RAID 01. Configured as mirrored striped arrays. Minimum number of disks required is four. Storage capacity equal to 50% of the total drive capacity. Can survive the failure of all the drives on any one of the RAID 0 arrays, but not from one drive from both of the RAID 1 arrays.

RAID 10. This is a stripe of mirrors. Good performance and throughput – often used for busy servers.

RAID 30. A combination of two RAID 3 arrays that have been striped – or, generically, striped, dedicated parity arrays. Only one drive from each of the RAID 3 arrays can fail before access to the data is lost. A common RAID level for Apple Xsan arrays, performance is extremely good.

RAID 50. Two RAID 5 arrays that have been striped. Performance is better than a single RAID 5. One drive from each of the RAID 5 arrays can fail. When this happens, that array will run in degraded mode (which will affect the performance of the entire array, even if the other RAID 5 is fully operational) until the faulty drive has been replaced and a RAID rebuild has taken place.

RAID 51. Two RAID 5 arrays that have been mirrored. It is incorrectly called RAID 53 by some manufacturers; both RAID 5 and RAID 3 are legitimate levels, so by definition you would need multiple RAID 5 arrays, each array as an independent member of the RAID 3 array. Not feasible or possible. All drives from one RAID 5, together with only one from the other can fail.

RAID 60. Two RAID 6 arrays that are striped in RAID 0. Uncommon.

RAID 61. Two RAID 6 arrays that have been mirrored in RAID 1. Uncommon.




Standard RAID levels

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Proprietary RAID levels

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