Your company has decided it wants to build a file server and store data that can be shared by coworkers. You were asked to research the type of storage that should be used on the server. Your boss said that he would like to implement RAID on the computer and wants your opinion on the best RAID type for the company. He informed you that the company will need at least 500 TB of storage. He also wants to make sure that if a drive fails, the data can be recovered. In addition, he told you to keep the cost down as much as possible. What will you recommend to your boss?

One of the most common and best RAID configurations is the RAID 5. It is ideal for application and file servers with a restricted number of drives. RAID 5 is Considered as a good all-around RAID system in that it combines the better elements of efficiency and performance among the different RAID configurations.

Raid 5 is known to be fast, and reliable . It also offers cheap data redundancy and fault tolerance. Writes tend to be slower, due to the parity data calculation, but data can be accessed and read even when a failed drive is being rebuilt.

In a case of drive failure ,RAID 5 system can read the information contained on the other drives and recreate that data, accommodating a single drive failure.

In conclusion, the RAID 5 configuration is Cost Effective and has ability to recover from failures, thus it will be best option to be recommended tomy boss.