I'm putting together a storage array. I've got 3x250GB SATA disks, and can get my hands on a 4th one. I need to put in adapter card(s) to connect the drives since the mobo in question does not have ...

Whether you’re a newcomer to the home lab ecosystem or a data hoarder with many years under the belt, you’ve probably heard about RAID levels. After all, RAID, or Redundant Array of Independent (or ...

RAID 50 offers a balance of performance, storage capacity, and data integrity Your email has been sent RAID 50 is an often overlooked RAID level that can bridge the gap when it comes to choosing ...

RAID systems have been the building blocks of enterprise storage since the 1990s. But RAID – redundant array of inexpensive disks – originated the decade before that in research from the University of ...

What is RAID, why do you need it, and what are all those mode numbers that are constantly bandied about? RAID stands for “Redundant Array of Independent Disks” or “Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks ...

RAID 6 or RAID 1+0: Which should you choose? Your email has been sent RAID selection can be a tough choice, especially when budgets are tight. Learn why RAID 10 might be a better choice than RAID 6 ...

Background: I have a file server running Windows XP Pro. It has three 500GB drives in a RAID 5 configuration via a Syba SD-SATA-4PI card. I have just over 900GB of data on this array. I normally ...

The 16-port EX16350 and EX16300 PCI-X and PCI-Express RAID disk drive controllers provide advanced RAID6 fault tolerance using hardware acceleration. The 3-Gbit/s boards use an Intel IOP333/IOP331 I/O ...

Your computer's basic input/output system controls system-level hardware settings. For example, the BIOS has an "official" system clock. It also handles keeping track of physical hard drives, deciding ...