Unfortunately for RAID 5, there are some controllers and available guides that default to this RAID type, regardless of drive ...

RAID doesn't have a brain of its own and cannot understand intent. So if malware on a compromised system is writing to the ...

I have a RAID-6 array set up on one computer (let's call it the "server") and am mounting a directory via NFS from it onto another computer (the "client"). When I do any sort of operation on the ...

Overview: RAID-enabled external storage provides better data protection and improved performance compared to single-drive ...

I have 3 1 TB HDDs and 3 500 GB HDDs. Right now each size grouping is in a RAID 5, both of which are in an LVM volume group (with striped LVs). I'm finding this to be too slow for my usage on small ...

Traditional RAID solutions reduce both the performance and endurance of solid state drives. Here’s how Pliops XDP provides reliable data protection to SSDs without the performance penalty. NVMe SSDs ...

With hard disk drive (HDD) capacities edging upwards – 6TB HDDs are now available – Raid is becoming increasingly problematic as a method of data protection against hardware failure. As a response, ...

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 ...

Since the late 1980s, RAID has been a fundamental method of data protection. But RAID arose in a world of SAN and NAS in hardware array products. Now the cloud and technologies such as object storage ...