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10 Configuring RAID in a Dell workstation | 1.0
2.4 RAID 10 – A “stripe of mirrors”
 Combines RAID0 and RAID1. Requires minimum 4 drives. Only even number of drives can be used. Odd
number of drives are not possible.
 Total capacity = half the sum of individual drives capacity, e.g. When you use 4 drives of 1.0TB, you get a
RAID10 Volume of 2.0TB.
 Advantage: Higher performance (as blocks are striped), Better redundancy (as blocks are mirrored)
 Disadvantage: Cost.