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| Volume Type | Description | Minimum Disks | Fault Tolerance | Capacity Use | |-------------|-------------|---------------|----------------|---------------| | | Like a basic partition; uses space on one disk | 1 | No | 100% | | Spanned | Combines space from 2–32 disks; fills first disk then next; no performance gain | 2–32 | No | 100% | | Striped (RAID-0) | Interleaves data across 2–32 disks; improves read/write speed; no redundancy | 2–32 | No | 100% | | Mirrored (RAID-1) | Duplicates data on two disks; high fault tolerance | 2 | Yes – single disk failure | 50% | | RAID-5 | Striped with parity across 3–32 disks; tolerates single disk failure | 3–32 | Yes – one disk | (n-1)/n |
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| Volume Type | Description | Minimum Disks | Fault Tolerance | Capacity Use | |-------------|-------------|---------------|----------------|---------------| | | Like a basic partition; uses space on one disk | 1 | No | 100% | | Spanned | Combines space from 2–32 disks; fills first disk then next; no performance gain | 2–32 | No | 100% | | Striped (RAID-0) | Interleaves data across 2–32 disks; improves read/write speed; no redundancy | 2–32 | No | 100% | | Mirrored (RAID-1) | Duplicates data on two disks; high fault tolerance | 2 | Yes – single disk failure | 50% | | RAID-5 | Striped with parity across 3–32 disks; tolerates single disk failure | 3–32 | Yes – one disk | (n-1)/n |
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diskpart list volume detail volume Basic disks remain the safe, universal, and modern default (especially with GPT). Dynamic disks offer advanced software RAID and spanning but come with severe compatibility trade-offs, no portable drive support, and are a deprecated technology. For new systems needing software-defined storage, Storage Spaces is the recommended Microsoft solution, not dynamic disks. | Volume Type | Description | Minimum Disks
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