The original motivation for RAID came from the observation that ________.
A) main memory was faster than secondary storage
B) disk capacities were increasing, but disk I/O transfer rates were increasing at a much slower pace
C) disks were becoming increasingly susceptible to failures
D) all of the above

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The original motivation for RAID was to address the imbalance between the rapid increase in disk capacities and the much slower improvement in disk I/O transfer rates. RAID was designed to improve performance and reliability by using multiple disks in parallel.

The Original Motivation for RAID Came from the Observation That