Apple offers a couple of software RAID solutions for people interested in either creating a larger disk out of two, or mirroring two disks together for data redundancy in the event of a drive failure.

I am very confused about disk sizes in Windows 2003 and I sure hope someone can help clarify something for me. I have an HP370 that has a MSA60 direct attached storage array that holds the servers' ...

I'm in the process of planning out a new build and am wondering if RAID 0 with two 320 or 400 GB drives is very much faster than a single 750 GB drive or a non-RAID setup with one small drive with the ...

Ever since its invention in the late 1980s, Raid (redundant array of inexpensive disks) has been a mainstay of data protection on shared storage arrays and in enterprise servers. But, as the capacity ...

Any organization that’s serious about its data integrity uses storage systems based on RAID level 6 (that’s block-level striping with double distributed parity) which can tolerate the failure of two ...

RAID 10 vs RAID 50: What is the best way to configure a storage array with 16 1 TB drives and why? It is proposed to set up two these boxes. RAID 10 vs RAID 50: The RAID level you use will increase or ...

AI thrives on data but feeding it the right data is harder than it seems. As enterprises scale their AI initiatives, they face the challenge of managing diverse data pipelines, ensuring proximity to ...

RAID 50 is an often overlooked RAID level that can bridge the gap when it comes to choosing between RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID 10. Scott Lowe explains why RAID 50 is his favorite RAID level. RAID 50 is ...

As we have talked about many times, within the storage market, there is a solution for every scenario. In the past, the market was focused the standard 3.5" form factor, but as products have evolved ...

What drives storage performance? Is it the iSCSI/Fiber Channel choice? The answer might surprise you. Scott Lowe provides insight into IOPS. When it comes to measuring a storage system’s overall ...