When choosing a RAID level for a new array, there are a number of important points that you need to take into consideration. Scott Lowe outlines these points. In four recent TechRepublic blogs, we ...

The minimum number of drives required for RAID 10 is four. RAID 10 disk drives are a combination of RAID 1 and RAID 0, the step of which is to create a number of RAID 1 volumes by mirroring two drives ...

If you've ever looked into purchasing a NAS device or server, particularly for a small business, you've no doubt come across the term "RAID." RAID stands for Redundant Array of Inexpensive (or ...

Businesses that don't utilize cloud storage to back up their data -- and perhaps even those that do -- should consider making use of a redundant array of independent disks or RAID configuration to ...

Previously, I’ve presented you with a look at many RAID levels, including some hybrid RAID levels, such as RAID-10 and RAID-50. In a series of articles on data protection, I will provide you with a ...

Which RAID level should be used with three hard disks of 146 GB and one of 300 GB? All the main RAID levels are possible, but which RAID level you choose in this case depends on the criticality of the ...

It’s quiz time: what’s the single most important thing in your Mac computing environment? Is it the actual Mac model you use? Is it the size of the display attached to the Mac? The speed of the CPU?

If you’ve splurged on a monstrous Ryzen Threadripper processor, you can now put its ludicrous 64 PCIe lanes to use supercharging your already-supercharged storage—or making sure your data won’t ...

If you've ever looked into purchasing a NAS device or server, particularly for a small business, you've no doubt come across the term "RAID." RAID stands for Redundant Array of Inexpensive (or ...