Question: Consider a RAID 4 storage system with four data disks, and one redundant disk. For simplicity, assume that each disk stores only a single byte!
Consider a RAID storage system with four data disks, and one redundant disk. For simplicity, assume that each disk stores only a single byte! In the redundant disk, we store the XOR of the bytes in data disks. In other words, if the data disks contain bytes B B B and B then we have B B B B stored in the redundant disk, where is bitwise XOR operation. Recall that a bitwise XOR takes two bit patterns of equal length and performs the logical exclusive OR operation on each pair of corresponding bits. Suppose the content of data disk one ie B is lost. The content of the redundant disk in hexadecimal is xAB. Furthermore, the contents of data disks in hexadecimal are BxA Bx and Bx Can we restore B If so what is the value of B in hexadecimal?
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