VidaSafe
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VidaSafe is a brand name for a RAID solution (a redundant array of inexpensive disks, also later known as redundant array of independent disks) protection system on VidaBox systems. VidaSafe is based on a software RAID 5 implementation, and was chosen for its low cost of redundancy. In short, even when one of the many hard drives in the system has failed, the system will keep on running in a degraded mode, but with no loss of data. This allows time for the user to assess the situation and take the appropriate steps to prevent any potential data loss.
More technical information about VidaSafe or RAID 5 can be found here.
See also
External links
- [VidaBox Manufacturer Website]
- [RAID Disk Space Calculator]
- [RAID Levels — Tutorial and Diagrams]
- [Linux Software-RAID HOWTO]
- [Slashdot: Which RAID for a Personal Fileserver?] — "Ask Slashdot" article with 800+ comments and suggestions from network admins, technicians, or otherwise 'geeks' of the web.
- [Experiences w/ Software RAID 5 Under Linux?] — "Ask Slashdot" article on RAID 5.
- [Floppy Disk RAID] — A humorous experiment to create an array using very inexpensive disks: floppy disks
- [iPod shuffle RAID] — Another humorous project using iPod shuffles instead of floppy disks.
- [U.S. Patent 4,092,732: "System for recovering data stored in failed memory unit"]
- [A Tutorial on Reed-Solomon Coding for Fault-Tolerance in RAID-like Systems]
- [Parity Declustering for Continuous Operation in Redundant Disk Arrays]
- [EVENODD: An Optimal Scheme for Tolerating Double Disk Failures in RAID Architectures]
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