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RAID: Enhance Your Mac’s Hard Drive Capabilities

Arranging hard drives into arrays to gain better performance, more storage space, data redundancy, or all of the above is easy to do using the concept of RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks). Our guides can help you get started with creating and using RAIDs.
Use Disk Utility to Create a JBOD RAID Array
JBOD RAID, also known as a concatenated or spanning RAID, is one of the many RAID levels supported by OS X and Disk Utility. In this About: Macs guide, we will take you through the process of creating a JBOD RAID Set using Disk Utility.
Use Disk Utility to Create a RAID 1 (Mirror) Array
RAID 1, also known as a mirror or mirrored RAID, is one of the many RAID levels supported by OS X and Disk Utility. In this About: Macs guide, we will take you through the process of creating a mirrored RAID array using Disk Utility.
Use Disk Utility to Create a RAID 0 (Striped) Array
RAID 0, also known as stripe or striped, is one of the many RAID levels supported by OS X and Disk Utility. In this About: Macs guide, we will take you through the process of creating a striped RAID array using Disk Utility.
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