Can anyone explain RAID to me...

Hello. I am about to try out my first build and im confused about what raid is...



im trying to learn everything i need to know about building comps but im lost at this one and RAID 101 isnt helping...



what is RAID?

is it something i have to configure with each build?

huh?



thx for responses ahead of time

to what stage are you insure of what it is ???? do you know that it is a fault tolerance????

well... you see, while i understand compatibilities between components and what not, i don't always understand the technical jargon.



overall, i have no clue what raid means nor how its aplied to HDDs... so hen its used in context, i get confused



: thank you tho

read it a few times...

ok, i read a bit of it, and i have a question... is RAID just referring to increasing performance over multiple drives?



or maybe a better question for my purpose is...



If im only installing one HDD for my comp for regular usage, do I need to know and understand RAID?



ty

It either mirrors another drive essentially making a backup or improving performance by allowing 2 disks to access information at once therefore it gathers the information faster than one. The later is most used on desktops the first is used with servers a lot.

That is it, basically.

BTW RAID is not something you have to do.

tyvm for clarifying that! i am going to be ordering the rest of my parts soon for my new build and im nervous at setting it up.. lol... ty