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In a local site, the level of data protection is fully in the hands of the company. Thus, a company may opt for the necessary back-ups or data redundancies they can afford. However, most options for these require a significant cost with limited gain. A type of data protection called Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks, or RAID, is a popular choice. In particular, a RAID-10 system is actually two RAID systems employed as one. RAID-1 technology uses mirroring which employs a second hard disk to contain the same data as in the first or primary hard disk. This allow failure of the primary disk with the same data still secure in the mirror disk. Note that this requires two disks. RAID-0 technology stripes, or divides, data bits between two drives. This allow increase access speed but does not actually provide data protection. Note that this requires a further two disks. However, when these two technologies are combined in a RAID 1+0 or RAID 10 application, security and speed is secured. Considering the two notations described above, a RAID-10 system typically requires four disks with a total storage capacity of only two disks or 50% space utilization. This means that data storage is twice the cost for this system.

A malaysia dedicated server at Dedicated Server Enterprise, or DSE, offers this type of protection at no extra charge. Both dedicated server and virtual private server offerings are protected by this system. Thus, data is securely protected regardless of selected system.