RAID-0e: A Resilient Striping Array Architecture for Balanced Performance and Availability
Abstract
This paper introduces a novel disk array architecture, designated RAID-0e (Resilient Striping Array), designed to superimpose a low-overhead fault tolerance layer upon traditional RAID 0 (striping). By employing a logically and physically separate parity domain to protect a primary data domain, RAID-0e mitigates the risk of array-wide data loss from common, non-catastrophic media failures, such as isolated bad blocks, transient read errors, or sector-level corruption. The architecture is engineered to preserve the intrinsic read performance advantages of RAID 0 while significantly enhancing data availability and operational resilience. This document provides a comprehensive exposition of the architectural principles, operational workflows, performance characteristics, failure mode analysis, and security considerations of RAID-0e. It is presented as an experimental yet pragmatic solution for environments seeking a new equilibrium between I/O performance, storage cost, and data resilience, particularly where full drive failure is a secondary concern to media degradation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2510.12139,
title = {RAID-0e: A Resilient Striping Array Architecture for Balanced Performance and Availability},
author = {Yanzhao Jia and Zhaobo Wu and Zheyi Cao and Shihao Ji and Xu Tianhao and Zihui Song},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.12139},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
Upon further review, the authors have identified the need to more clearly distinguish the proposed RAID-0e architecture from existing standards, particularly RAID 4 and proprietary Erasure Coding schemes. We wish to withdraw the paper to refine the architectural novelty and perform a deeper comparative analysis to better demonstrate its unique contribution to the storage hierarchy