Definition: Disk Striping (by popular demand :) )

[Lyte]

Disk Stripping - "With disk striping, data is divided into large blocks and spread in a fixed order among multiple disks in an array. In a stripe set with parity, parity information for the data is also written across the array, with the condition that the parity information and data reside on different disks. If a member of the disk array fails, data can be recovered from the parity information since it is stored on a different disk. One advantage of stripe sets with parity is that they have better read performance (although slower write performance) than mirror sets. Another advantage is that the cost per stored megabyte is typically lower with stripe sets with parity than with mirrored sets, because disk utilization is much higher."

For a whole lot more info from Microsoft...

Disk Striping

[Kaabi]

I'd never heard of that term about now. I always thought I knew a lot about computers but I guess I was wrong. No need to click the link though, your description was thorough enough.

[bytewiz]

i first heard about it at sun where their solaris systems use this as a main conventional strategy for saving money using more sophisticated tools.

But of course, as long as nobody reads your parity or security etiquettes you are fine. It' best to vary some factors so network hackers don't go click click click yawn...bonanza.

[dgridley]

Wow, I'd never heard of that term either and still not sure what it is or why I'd want to know But hey, who am I to argue with something that's back "by popular demand"?

[Lyte]

Originally Posted by dgridley

Wow, I'd never heard of that term either and still not sure what it is or why I'd want to know But hey, who am I to argue with something that's back "by popular demand"?

Yeah, it's still a bit of a noggin' scratcher for me too!