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parity drive

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A separate disk drive that holds parity bits in a disk array. See RAID.



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The result is that at any one time, only the parity drive and the active drive need to be powered on.
Backup & recovery using revolutionary MAID architecture: Part 2 by Preston, W. Curtis / Computer Technology Review
The VideoRAID RTR320 and RTR320X systems are built around five-drive and 10-drive storage arrays, respectively, with one of every five drives functioning as a parity drive to deliver extremely robust data protection without interrupting performance during drive rebuilds.
Avid Unveils VideoRAID Family of High-Performance, Low-Cost Storage ... by Business Wire
Furthermore, there is no cost penalty for additional parity drives as required in a typical RAID 1+0 solution.
RAIDn poised to revolutionize storage protection. (Top Technology ... by Raphael, Louis / Computer Technology Review
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