The Introduction to RAID for Webmaster

As a professional webmaster, you certainly have a lot of websites. If you use the auto-content or in case you are a wordpress platform user, as a wp-robot user you need a large space for your website database. This is very reasonable because your website will be updated every day by your wp-robot or auto-content, so you need web hosting service that allows you to use a lot of space.

Many ways you can do to solve the space shortage problem, including selecting an unlimited hosting or dedicated server. However, on the other hand you also need a technology known as RAID. What is RAID? Now I will explain to you an Introduction to RAID and what are the benefits that you can get by using the RAID technology for your online business as a webmaster.

RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks

Based on the understanding of several references, including Wikipedia, RAID is an acronym for redundant array of independent disks that means a method or technology to improve disk performance with redundancy as a form of failure to achieve the ability to use one large and expensive drive. RAID simply works by combining multiple small, inexpensive disk drives into an array that will come out to the computer as a single logical storage unit or drive.

RAID, however, have a scheme which is engaged in some level. Several types of RAID include RAID Level 0, RAID level 1, or RAID Level 5. These three kinds of RAID are the most widely used by many system administrators to increase bandwidth. In other words, RAID has two main goals, which is increase reliability of data and or increase the input or output performance for disk drive.

2 Approaches in using RAID

You can do the two approaches in using RAID method, namely Hardware RAID or Software RAID. Hardware RAID is RAID subsystem in hardware-based system separately from the host and presents to the host only a single disk per RAID array. In the other hand, Software RAID implements the a variety of RAID levels in the most important part disk (block device) code. Many experts suggest you to choose Software RAID for the cheapest RAID method.

The benefits of using RAID for Webmasters

As the goals of Redundant Array of Independent Disks I described above, it is certainly very profitable for webmasters who need large database. Besides increasing the speed on your drive in case for your hosting servers or system administrator, RAID is able to increase storage capacity using a single virtual disk and pointed impact of a disk failure as well.

Conclusion

RAID is nice method for webmasters who has a lot of website and using dedicated servers as system administrator. Using Software RAID is the cheapest RAID as well to increase disk space without spend a lot of money and your time. In the other hand, I found many article about online business for webmaster on Business Directory about how to increasing your business without spend a lot of money, including using RAID method for webmaster as I told you above.