02 May 2010
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Mirroring | Data Mirroring
Mirroring is the duplication of data onto two or more drives simultaneously to create Data Redundancy and increase fault tolerance. A mirrored array sacrifices half of its storage capacity to achieve a redundant status. If two 100 gigabyte drives are mirrored the result is a single 100 gigabyte mirrored array.