B.7. Characteristics of Linux RAID levels

The following subsections describe the characteristics of each Linux RAID level.

B.7.1. Linear mode

Characteristics:

Advantages:

Disadvantages:

B.7.2. RAID-0

Characteristics:

Advantages:

Disadvantages:

B.7.3. RAID-1

Characteristics:

Advantages:

Disadvantages:

B.7.4. RAID-4

Characteristics:

Advantages:

Disadvantages:

B.7.5. RAID-5

Characteristics:

Advantages:

Disadvantages:

B.7.6. MULTIPATH

Characteristics:

Advantages:

Disadvantages: