Partially Striped Storage Arrays: Balancing Performance and Reliability

In computing, a parti-striped (or partially striped) storage array is a type of storage system that combines the benefits of both striping and parity-based redundancy.

Striping is a technique for spreading data across multiple drives to increase performance, while parity-based redundancy is a method for protecting against data loss in the event of a drive failure.

In a parti-striped array, only some of the drives are used for striping, while others are used for parity-based redundancy. This allows for a balance between performance and reliability, as the system can take advantage of the high throughput of striping while still providing protection against data loss.

Parti-striping is often used in enterprise storage systems where high availability and high performance are critical, but it can also be used in smaller-scale systems where these requirements are not as stringent.