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Can we configure a Raid with one Hard drive?

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Question added by Saqib Mehmood , Technical Team Lead/Safety Supervisor , Xchange Technology Group
Date Posted: 2014/09/17
Rami Saadeh
by Rami Saadeh , IT Section Head , Consolidated Consultants

No, and it doesn't make any sense (RAID Provide you speed and reliability) that cannot be gained by one drive

please refer to link and read more about RAID

 

RAID Level Comparison Table

Muhammad Anzar
by Muhammad Anzar , DevOps/DevSecOps Architect , Confidential

RAID0 is possible for one drive

Biruk Hailemariam
by Biruk Hailemariam , System and Network Administrator , Yencomad Construction

No You Need More than1 Physical Disk To Configure RAID

Ankit Tiwari
by Ankit Tiwari , Plumber , ALL UAE Plumbing association

RAID is used for redundancy, so need 2 physical hardisk

Abdul Khadar Shaik
by Abdul Khadar Shaik , AIX and Storage Engineer , Northern Trust

Yes, However without the protection of redundancy.

Abeer Pallath House
by Abeer Pallath House , Systems Engineer , MANVISH INFO SOLUTIONS PVT LTD

I have experience  in configure RAID on single HDD (on Dell server T using S Raid CarD), It was RAID0 ,So in my opinion we can configure RAID0 using Single HDD . It has no redundancy . 

Wadah basher Alamin
by Wadah basher Alamin , فني شبكات و نظم أدراة بيانات , Corporation

No You Need More than one Physical Disk 

Khalid Ibrahim
by Khalid Ibrahim , Head Of Information Technology , Kuwait International Fair Co.

No, RAID 0 & 1 requires minimum of 2 Hard Disks, whereas RAID 3 requires at least 3 Hard Disks.

Vinu v gopal Vaishnavam
by Vinu v gopal Vaishnavam , accounts executive , c.v constructions

YS , I think its possible on one drive

Kerul Suthar
by Kerul Suthar , System Manager , General Hospital Godhra

No It can not work with sense of RAID Technology

Nishith Quadros
by Nishith Quadros , IT Project Manager , Middle East Concept Enterprises

No it is not possible, as RAID is (REDUNDANT ARRAY OF iNDEPENDENT DISKS)

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