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- RAID storage explained
- Storage RAIDs are primarily designed to improve fault tolerance, offer better performance, and allow easier storage management. They present multiple hard drives as a single storage volume, which simplifies storage management. George Ou explains what you need to know about the basic types of RAID and their benefits and tradeoffs.This...
- Download resources 2007-06-18
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- RAID storage explained
- Since I've been doing a lot of coverage of storage technology both for the enterprise and for the home lately, I thought I should give an explanation of what RAID storage is. I won't go in to every RAID type under the sun, I just want to cover the basic...
- Blog posts 2007-05-28
- How to extract files from an unbootable Dell 8400 with RAID 0 drives?
- I have a friend who has a Dell 8400 (yes they are still a friend after admitting this to me ;-) ).They called the other to see if I could help them. They had the famous "missing NTDLR" message.They said it was on one disk so I told them to...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-22
- Comprehensive RAID performance report
- IntroductionStorage is one of those things that we can never get enough of both in capacity and in performance. This article is going to compare a large set of RAID performance data and perhaps debunk some storage myths. I ran a large set of tests for my Intel...
- Blog posts 2007-05-04
- Why dumb-downed no-RAID storage is bad for consumers
- Data storage is a rapidly expanding area of consumer electronics because people have growing amounts of data at home along with the fact that they have more than one computer and devices that need to access the same data. Why should consumers have to choose between losing Desperate House Wives...
- Blog posts 2007-05-29
- RAID for mass storage reliability
- Need to know the difference between hardware and software RAID? Need to know the fundamentals of implementing RAID? If so, you've come to the right place. Robert McIntire lays the foundations underlying RAID.Since the dawn of computing, long-term, mass storage has been a primary factor in the design of systems....
- Technical articles 2001-06-14
- How are SAN and RAID related?
- On July 25, 2007, I published a storage article entitled, "Shared block-level storage continues to become more accessible." In response to my statement: "A few years ago, the idea of a Fibre Channel-based SAN didn't even get raised because of the cost and complexity of such a solution. It was...
- Blog posts 2007-11-02
- RAID 6 -- Do you really want it?
- If you like RAID 5, you are almost certainly going to like RAID 6. If you have concerns about RAID 5, and if those concerns have to do with recovering from a disk failure, this article is not going to make you feel any better.For several years now RAID 5...
- Blog posts 2007-06-08
- Keep up on data storage issues with our weekly TechMail
- Want information on the latest in storage trends? Subscribe to Gary Phillips' Enterprise Storage Space TechMail.The frightening thing about e-business is that it only takes one hard disk crash or a determined hacker to wipe out essential information. Traditional backups work, but maintaining periodic backups is a daunting task that...
- Technical articles 2000-10-11
- What's new in scalable storage solutions?
- Data storage is an issue that faces almost all organizations; as the company grows, so does the amount of data you need to keep on your network. However, a scalable data storage solution involves much more than just ever-increasing capacity; performance, reliability, security and usability must also keep up with...
- Technical articles 2006-12-11
- Review of Data Robotics' Drobo 'storage robot'
- Last week I gave a fairly harsh review of the Drobo "storage robot" product based on some initial investigation I did. I concluded that while it's possible to do some level of hard drive mixing, it really wasn't worth it since you didn't get meaningful capacity out of it. I...
- Blog posts 2007-05-30
- Talking Shop: Disk storage and networking topics for the Win2K Server exam
- Disk storage and networking for Microsoft Exam 70-215It’s unlikely that you’ll pass the Windows 2000 Server exam if you can’t demonstrate your expertise in administering disks and other storage devices. It’s certain you’ll fail if you can’t configure and troubleshoot Win2K network connections. In this, the third of four lists...
- Technical articles 2001-09-14
- Need RAID recommendations please
- I have two Dell 6800 that are clustered and attached to two powervault 220s. What is the recommended RAID config when implementing a DB. Space is not an issue, I am more concerned with redundancy and performance. Is it to have the RAID array span accross the...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-09
- Windows XP HDD Size Limit and RAID?
- Hi All and thanks in advance for the help.I'm a little confused regarding the Windows XP SP2 disk drive size limit (2TB per physical disk) and RAID Arrays.I am running into storage issues on my pc, and have certain files that I CANNOT afford to lose, so I am currently...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-13
- Build Your Skills: Know the differences between RAID levels
- Learn about each level of RAID, including the different combinations of physical drives, fault tolerances, and storage schemes.Mission-critical information, whether it’s your customer database or your Web server, needs unprecedented levels of reliability. One reliable tool that’s become more affordable in recent years is RAID—redundant array of independent disks. RAID...
- Technical articles 2002-03-25
- New storage project, part three: Budget difficulties and researching future solutions
- In two previous storage articles this year, I talked about my new organization's storage dilemma -- that we need more storage plus a new backup system on a tight budget. I also provided a list of priorities that should be met by a new solution. To recap, here is what...
- Blog posts 2007-06-19
- Maximize the performance of Microsoft Vista and Intel Matrix RAID
- Are you using RAID?I have avoided using RAID on my desktop PCs because I believe it to be more trouble than it is worth. What do you think? Do you have a RAID array? Do you like? What benefit do you derive from it?Membership in BAARFRAID 0 on system drive,...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-21
- Understand 'single digit' RAID levels
- Data is the lifeblood of many organizations and fast, reliableaccess to that data is critical in order to remain in business in today's "Internet-time"world. As such, most organizations make use of some level of RAID (RedundantArray of Independent/Inexpensive Disks) in order to maintain data integrity. Now—showof hands—how many of you...
- Technical articles 2006-03-31
- Examine common RAID levels for small businesses
- TechRepublic's Storage NetNote offers articles, downloads, white papers, and discussions designed to help you manage the critical data in your enterprise. Key topics include RAM, ROM, NAS, SAN, tape backups, and storage medias. Delivered three times weekly. Automatically sign up today!By Mike Talon I've heard from many TechRepublic members who...
- Technical articles 2004-11-09
- Raid 5 Health Status
- We are currently running Raid5 with 3 hard drives. How can you check the status of the drives to make sure that one of them is not failing. In Disk Manager, it shows that the drive is Healthy. Does this mean that all three of the drives...
- Q&A 2004-11-03
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