RAID 50 should have been called "RAID 03" because it was implemented as a striped (RAID level 0) array whose segments were RAID 3 arrays (during mid-90s)
Most current RAID 50 implementation is illustrated above
RAID 50 is more fault tolerant than RAID 5 but has twice the parity overhead
High data transfer rates are achieved thanks to its RAID 5 array segments
High I/O rates for small requests are achieved thanks to its RAID 0 striping
Maybe a good solution for sites who would have otherwise gone with RAID 5 but need some additional performance boost
