Each entire block is written onto a data disk. Parity for same rank blocks is generated on Writes, recorded on the parity disk and checked on Reads.RAID Level 4 requires a minimum of 3 drives to implement.

1)Very high Read data transaction rate

2)Low ratio of ECC (Parity) disks to data disks means high efficiency

3)High aggregate Read transfer rate

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