Please decide for each of the following applications, which RAID level (level 0,

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Please decide for each of the following applications, which RAID level (level 0, 10, or 5) may be the most appropriate. Please also briefly explain the reason for your answers.

i. An online video editing system. The system allows thousands of customers to upload their videos and use tools to edit uploaded videos. Customers will download the final version to their local storage.

ii. A flight control system that keeps track of planes near an airport. The positions of planes need to be constantly updated.

iii. A data warehouse for a big retailer. The retailer will use the data warehouse to analyze sales. Data is updated once a day during midnight.

Explanation / Answer

i)RAID 0 is best suited for online video editing system.even we can use RAID 5 also

ii)RAID 10 is best for critical operations and flight control system which tracks flights is an critical one when each second matters

iii)RAID 5 is best suited for database related aspect.Because we can easily recover data from here in case the disk gets corrupted,whereas it is not possible in case of raid 0.we al know that data warehouses have large amount of data and all are crucial.

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