I’m sure the readers of the Sector know exactly what RAID is and the intricacies of each variant, however, not everyone is tech savvy enough to follow either the Wikipedia article or the even easier Gizmodo primer. I’ve found the best way to explain RAID to the masses is by using the image below. While it doesn’t cover all possible variations, it not only hits the most commonly used ones but does it in an easy and concise manner. I’m not even sure how I came across the image (I think it was flickr or digg or somesuch) but I’m hoping there’s a repository of awesome explanatory pictures just like this one. If you have any other tools to easily explain tech topics to the masses, feel free to share them in the comments.
