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 4 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 B1, B2, B3 and B4, then we have B1 B2 B3 B4 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 (i.e., B1) is lost. The content of the redundant disk in hexadecimal is 0xAB. Furthermore, the contents of data disks in hexadecimal are B2=0x1A, B3=0x09, and B4=0x12. Can we restore B1? If so, what is the value of B1 in hexadecimal?

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