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Create Parity Volume With Storage Spaces [2 Simple Ways]
You can easily create a Parity volume in Windows Settings
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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Windows 11 provides users with tons of features, one of which includes Storage Spaces. It’s a feature that allows users to create virtual drives with varying protection levels.
Hence, we’ll show you the best ways to create a parity volume with storage space in Windows.
What is a parity storage layout?
Parity is one of the five types of resiliencies offered by Storage Spaces. This type of resiliency writes your data with parity information on the available drive to protect against data failure. Also, it is quite similar to theRAID 5 technology.
Data and parity information are stripped across pool member disks in a parity storage layout. This option is better suited for data archiving and streaming music and videos.
Parity also requires a minimum of three storage drives to protect it from a single data failure and a minimum of seven to protect it from two disk failures.
How do I create a parity volume with Storage Spaces?
1. Create it via the Control Panel
2. Create Parity Volume in Windows Settings
This will create a new drive which can be viewed on File Explorer. Also, if a drive fails after creating a parity volume, the storage and data will be available.
However, you’ll have to replace the faulty hard drive because a second drive failure will lead to data loss. Also, here are thebest data recovery software for Windows.
Further, a parity volume is a very efficient method of storing data and is very suited to long-term data storage. If you’ve been searching for the best way to create a parity volume, you should be able to accomplish it by the end of this article.
If you’ve any suggestions on creating a parity volume, let us know in the comments.
Vlad Turiceanu
Windows Editor
Passionate about technology,Windows, and everything that has a power button, he spent most of his time developing new skills and learning more about the tech world.
Coming from a solid background in PC building and software development, with a complete expertise in touch-based devices, he is constantly keeping an eye out for the latest and greatest!
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Vlad Turiceanu
Windows Editor
Coming from a solid background in PC building and software development, he’s a Windows 11 Privacy & Security expert.
