RAID = Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks.  Have a look at
http://kb.indiana.edu/data/aewi.html

Regards

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: root [SMTP:root@PROF.PMMF.HU]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 8:03 AM
> To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:      Re: [OT] Linux versions?
>
> On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Paul B. Webster VK2BZC wrote:
>
> > John Griessen wrote:
> >
> > > How to partition your HDD is not covered very well in the how to's...
> > > I'm still confused about that, but since I am going to be just
> > > using a station as an X terminal, I don't care enough to go beyond
> > > a vanilla installation yet.
> >
> >   I'm *NO* expert and haven't figured out what a RAID array is yet, but
> > partitioning seems simple.
> >
>  --- snip ---
>
> A RAID array is AFAIK a huge array of hard disks and it is a
> fault-tolerant device used mainly in mission-critical server applications.
> A normal desktop user won't meet it directly.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Imre
>
> PS: It is only mentioned bcus Linux supports also RAID as it used on the
> said area.