Simple Raid Question

Could somebody explain to me, in the simplest terms possible, the differances in the RAID types. I'm looking into raid options, as im currently running 3 80 gig western digital 8 meg'rs in my system. Just a brief explanation would work, don't want to get to technical. Thanks.

One thing about the HDD FAQ:

RAID1 can improve read speeds significantly, but does nothing for write speed. And you'll definitely want to keep the two HDs in separate IDE channels. And "redundancy" spells reliability, at the cost of capacity. Two 80GB drives in RAID1 would only give you 80GB, with a built-in backup (both drives hold the same data).

If you haven't read e.g THG <A HREF="http://www6.tomshardware.com/storage/02q3/020830/index.html" target="_new">IDE Training Course, Part 3: Using RAID</A>, please do so.

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I suppose that people who give RTFM to other people aren't exactly the types who read manuals/FAQs themselves. At least I'm quite often guilty of that.

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<font color=green><i>Feet are frozen, hair's on fire, on the average, everything's fine.</i></font color=green><P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Napoleon on 10/25/02 02:48 PM.</EM></FONT></P>