It’s a good idea to formulate a game plan before you go around building a Network-Attached Storage server. After all, the underlying operating system can have a huge impact on your NAS’ capabilities, ...

When it comes to building a redundant array of independent disks (RAID), there's always the potential to choose the wrong RAID type. This shouldn't cause any issues with storing data, but it could ...

There are many levels of IT hell. Surely, one of the worst of those involves coping with the looming torture of RAID 5. RAID has been with us for more than 20 years, and during that time has saved the ...

What if you could build your own high-performance, scalable data storage solution for a fraction of the cost of commercial options? Imagine a sleek, compact system with swappable drives, RAID 5 ...

Also called "RAID 5 + 0," RAID 50 stripes data (RAID 0) across multiple RAID 5 configurations. See RAID 0 and RAID 5. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires ...

RAID in its several forms provides the backbone for most of our high availability, high performance storage. RAID devices have been with us since the late-1980s, and by now are so much a part of our ...

I'm slowly assembling the components for a new home server. My plan for the system so far is as follows: The plan is to use the two system drives in RAID 0 for redundancy, and then build a RAID 5 ...

I have a server at work that concerns me because it is showing possible errors on the removable drive status light. The server is a PowerEdge 2500 with 4 SCSI 160 drives in a RAID 5 setup. <BR><BR>I ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Have you ever wondered how multiple storage drives in your computer can work as if they were one? Even more baffling is how a computer can ...