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C. Enhance storage performance by distributing data across multiple drives
RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks (originally Inexpensive Disks). Its primary purpose is to enhance storage performance by distributing data across multiple drives. By doing so, RAID can offer several benefits:
- Improved performance: Data can be read from or written to multiple disks simultaneously.
- Data redundancy/fault tolerance: In some RAID levels, data is duplicated or parity information is stored, allowing data to be recovered even if one or more drives fail.