Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

redundant array of independent disks

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English

Syllables
re-dun-dan-t ar-ray of in-de-pen-den-t disks
IPA
49
Scrabble Score
32
Letters
9
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

Inflected Forms

redundant arrays of independent disks (plural) redundant array of inexpensive disks (alternative) RAID (alternative)

Questions

What does redundant array of independent disks mean?
A system using multiple hard drives for the sharing or replication of data in order to increase data integrity, fault-tolerance or throughput.

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