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RAID 0
Level 0 uses data striping and block interleaving, a process that involves distributing the data block by block across the disk array in the same location across each disk. Data can be read or written to these same sectors from either disk, thus improving performance. RAID 0 requires at least two disks, and the striped partitions must be of the same size. Note that redundancy of data is not provided in RAID 0, which means that the failure of any single drive in the array can bring down the entire system and result in the loss of all data contained in the array. RAID 0 is supported in Windows NT Server and Windows NT Workstation, but not in Windows 95.