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Why is RAID 4 better than RAID 3?


   
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Because data is not read from the parity drive until one disk fails, RAID 4 tends to offer faster read speeds as data is read from only the data drives. Fault Tolerance: RAID 4 can handle single drive failure, whereby the RAID tries to retrieve lost information from the parity drive


   
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