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Triple-parity RAID and beyond

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As hard-drive capacities continue to outpace their throughput, the time has come for a new level of RAID.

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              cover image Communications of the ACM
              Communications of the ACM  Volume 53, Issue 1
              Amir Pnueli: Ahead of His Time
              January 2010
              142 pages
              ISSN:0001-0782
              EISSN:1557-7317
              DOI:10.1145/1629175
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