RAID in Cloud Hosting
The hard drives that we use for storage with our state-of-the-art cloud web hosting platform are not the standard HDDs, but super fast NVMes. They operate in RAID-Z - a special setup developed for the ZFS file system that we work with. All the content that you add to your cloud hosting account will be saved on multiple hard drives and at least 1 shall be employed as a parity disk. This is a special drive where an additional bit is added to any content copied on it. If a disk in the RAID stops functioning, it'll be changed without service interruptions and the information will be recovered on the new drive by recalculating its bits using the data on the parity disk plus that on the remaining disks. This is done to guarantee the integrity of the info and along with the real-time checksum authentication that the ZFS file system executes on all drives, you won't ever have to concern yourself with the loss of any info no matter what.
RAID in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The NVMe drives which are used for storing any site content uploaded to the semi-dedicated hosting accounts that we offer function in RAID-Z. This is a specific setup where one or more drives are employed for parity i.e. the system will include an extra bit to any data copied on such a disk drive. In case that a disk fails and is substituted with another one, what data will be cloned on the latter shall be a mix calculated between the data on the remaining disks and that on the parity one. This is done to ensure that the info on the new drive shall be accurate. Throughout the procedure, the RAID will continue working normally and the malfunctioning drive won't have an effect on the normal operation of your sites in any way. Using NVMes in RAID-Z is an amazing addition to the ZFS file system that runs on our state-of-the-art cloud platform with regard to preserving the integrity of your files because ZFS uses unique digital identifiers called checksums in order to avoid silent data corruption.
RAID in VPS Web Hosting
The physical servers where we create virtual private server employ quick NVMe drives that will raise the speed of your Internet sites substantially. The hard disks work in RAID to guarantee that you will not lose any data because of a power loss or a hardware failure. The production servers take advantage of many different drives where the info is saved and one disk is used for parity i.e. one bit is added to all information copied on it, which makes it much easier to restore the site content without any loss if a main drive breaks down. In case you pick our backup service, the information will be stored on an independent machine that uses standard hard-disk drives and though there's no parity one in this case, they are also in a RAID to guarantee that we will have a backup of your site content all the time. With this setup your information will always be safe since it will be available on a lot of drives.