IT Terminology: Hard Drive Jenga
Definition
Hard Drive Jenga — A term used to describe removal of Hard Drives from a RAID storage array where the objective of the game is to remove as many drives as possible without the array collapsing causing catastrophic data loss.
Not for the faint hearted!
Related Terms
Not to be confused with Hard Drive Dominoes (another fine example).
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