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RAID (Redundant-Array-of –Inexpensive or Independent-Disks) Abbreviated either Inexpensive or Independent, RAID has always been associated with one thing, being expensive! The title is kind of an irony to the technology itself. RAID configurations have never been cheap, simply because of the nature of having more than one drive in a system. This review is going to look at how new IDE drive speeds and IDE controllers are making RAID configurations more feasible for not only high end servers, but for those power users who want more performance from their desktop machine. New cards from AMI, Promise, and Iwill make it all happen.

RAID explained

Modern- mass storage solutions for Computer servers have stayed close to the same pattern as in the past. Usually, for fault tolerant purposes, there is more than one disk configured in a RAID array, and for speed and compatibility purposes, those disks are connected to a fast controller. There are a few different configurations that can be performed depending on the needs.