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Redundant Array of Disks (cost not specified)

• askvictor 3y ago
  I always thought it was Independent Disks, though how one disk could be dependent on another is beyond me. Perhaps the I is redundant?
  • quickthrower2 3y ago
    Looking it up I think you are right. I thought it was inexpensive.
  • throw0101b 3y ago
    The original Patterson, Gibson, Katz paper has "Inexpensive": * https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~garth/RAIDpaper/Patterson88.pdf https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~garth/RAIDpaper/Patterson88.pdf * https://www.computerhistory.org/storageengine/u-c-berkeley-paper-catalyses-interest-in-raid/ https://www.computerhistory.org/storageengine/u-c-berkeley-p...