You monitor a server having a RAID-5 volume. It reveals a failed disk in the set. This server is used to host shared folders on the network. You shut down the server and replace the failed disk. Which of the following should you to ensure that the RAID-5 volume is redundant?
  1. Import the foreign disk. Select the failed region and then select the Repair Volume option.
  2. Initialize the new disk. Select the failed region and then select the Reactive Disk option.
  3. Initialize the new disk. Select the failed region and then select the Repair Volume option.
  4. Import the foreign disk. Select the failed region and then select the Reactive Disk option.
Explanation
Answer - C - To ensure that the RAID-5 volume is redundant, initialize the new disk. Select the failed region and then select the Repair Volume option.

Key Takeaway: RAID 5 volume is a fault-tolerant collection of equal-sized partitions on at least three physical disks. Data is striped and this includes parity data. This parity data helps recover a member of the striped set if the member fails. RAID-5 can only sustain a single drive failure.
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