RAID Tag Index

Henry Newman revisits his 2011 predictions for the storage industry and prognosticates about 2012 and beyond.
Tags : cloud security, SSD, Storage, IOPS, security, RAID

The vendors would not deliver the promised hardware for  our real-world testing. We ponder why and issue a challenge.
Tags : Linux, RAID, fsck, xfs, Storage, file system

Taiwan firm pairs portable hard-drive enclosures with RAID external storage systems to help secure the mobile workforce.
Tags : data storage, RAID, security, storage hardware, DAS

Thanks to many years of government investment, most of the major storage developments have occurred in the United States. With few ground-breaking changes on the horizon, will the United States hold the lead or will another nation take the reins?
Tags : RAID, standards, Storage, file system, government, storage technologies

Overland Storage  unveils SnapServer DX, a new unified NAS and iSCSI SAN device that leverages RAID technology to eliminate the need to provision storage capacity.
Tags : NAS, RAID, SAN, Overland Snap Server, Overland Storage, Unified Storage, iSCSI

If you have servers or storage devices, chances are you have at least a component or two from LSI Corp's arsenal of RAID and HBAs, controllers, SAS switches, PCIe-based solid state storage adapters and various software options, which are all sold through major server and storage OEMs as well as through the reseller channel.
Tags : RAID, PCIe, HBA, SAS, RAID Controller, LSI

Our examination of the ever-growing Linux file system scaling problem continues. In part 2 of our State of File Systems Technology series, Jeff Layton describes the approach and specs to be used in running  the fsck wall clock time  benchmark/test.
Tags : file system, RAID, Dell, fsck, testing, xfs

Wondering why your ext 3/4 maxes out at five disk drives and what you can do about? Henry Newman and Jeff Layton are going under the hood in this four-part series to determine what is at the heart of the ever-growing file system scaling problem. This installment explains the problem and what their testing and evaluation process will be.
Tags : Storage, file system, RAID, xfs, big data

LSI is shipping to the channel its second-generation 6Gbps SAS/SATA MegaRAID controllers.
Tags : RAID Controller, RAID

PMC-Sierra claims up to 2GBps sustained data transfer rate.
Tags : RAID, PMC, PMC-Sierra, SAS

Intel’s latest processors are powering a new set of RAID systems from Promise Technology.
Tags : RAID, Intel, Jasper Forest, Promise Technology

Data Robotics, Dot Hill and MicroNet Technology have each refreshed their mid-range RAID storage products for small and medium-size businesses (SMB).
Tags : Dot Hill, MicroNet Technology, Data Robotics, RAID array, RAID

Whether you have a controller card on your PC or a high-end mission-critical enterprise array, you can configure RAID to make the most of your storage performance if you know a few things about your data and file system.
Tags : Storage Performance, RAID Controller, RAID

For computers not equipped with USB 3.0 the unit is backward compatible with USB 2.0.
Tags : RAID, storage system, RAID storage

There has been some new activity in the RAID arena with companies like Infortrend and Arena-MaxTronic adding to their respective product families, according to a recent report from sister site InfoStor.com.
Tags : encryption, SSD RAID Array, SSD, RAID storage, RAID

This article highlights different approaches to using RAID technology in self-healing storage systems.
Tags : RAID

Storage systems with advances software functionality can negate potential performance impact.
Tags : RAID, thin provisioning, storage system

With reports of failed rebuilds and lost data, RAID 5 may be a painful failure.
Tags : RAID storage, RAID

Pricing for the 3200 Memory Array is on par with traditional hard disk drive arrays.
Tags : SSD RAID Array, SSD, RAID, Solid State Storage

The company has announced the seamless integration of Drobo FS and Apple Time Machine.
Tags : Drobo FS, storage networking, file sharing, Applt Time Machine, RAID

Panasas and IBM are just two of the storage vendors turning to an old idea to improve RAID rebuild times.
Tags : RAID, Panasas, data protection, RAID storage, IBM

Enterprise-class SSDs are just in time to accommodate high throughput brought on by virtualization and the cloud.
Tags : solid state disk, throughput, SSD, RAID, storage network

PMC-Sierra will acquire Adaptec's channel storage business, includes the RAID storage product line.
Tags : RAID, enterprise storage, Adaptec

Company CEO, Tom Buiocchi, says that 120,000 units are with customers now.
Tags : data storage, RAID, RAID storage, Drobo, storage system

The new DS410 DiskStation is built on Synology's DiskStation Manager firmware and offers automatic backup to the cloud.
Tags : Diskstation, RAID, storage server, NAS

Despite the potential expense the need for SAN services is growing – rapidly.
Tags : Storage area network, SAN, storage networking, RAID, storage network

The company's dual channel iSCSI data storage solutions is available in in 1U and 2U rackmount formats.
Tags : EtherNet, storage virtualization, RAID, storage networking, iSCSI

New storage management features include cloud backup, encryption, and easy volume manager.
Tags : firmware, encryption, storage management, RAID, backup

Intel plans to launch its embedded data storage chip in the very near future.
Tags : embedded chip, Intel, PCIe, RAID, data storage

Promising the best data storage experience ever, Data Robotics has announced its new risk-free 'Buy and Try' program.
Tags : data storage, BeyondRAID, RAID, data

2009 was all about dramatic change and mergers for the data storage industry.
Tags : Sun Oracle merger, Solid-State Drives, RAID, EMC Cisco VMware alliance, mergers and acquisitions

The author explains common RAID levels — and makes a case for why you should consider RAID 10.
Tags : RAID levels, data protection, RAID, data recovery, RAID controllers

AMD is using Dot Hill's software RAID technology to save server users the cost of hardware RAID adapters.
Tags : RAID, data protection, AMD, Dot Hill, software RAID

RAID is laboring to keep up with explosive data growth, but experts see ways to make the technology go further.
Tags : data protection, RAID controllers, RAID levels, data storage, RAID

Bandwidth and data integrity issues could limit enterprise use of external storage clouds.
Tags : Cloud Storage, bandwidth, RAID, EMC, data integrity

The long-running data storage technology could be headed for trouble. We look at the problem — and potential solutions.
Tags : data storage, data loss, RAID, file systems, OSD

Our examination of the ever-growing Linux file system scaling problem continues. In part 2 of our State of File Systems Technology series, Jeff Layton describes the approach and specs to be used in running  the fsck wall clock time  benchmark/test.
Tags : file system, RAID, Dell, fsck, testing, xfs

Wondering why your ext 3/4 maxes out at five disk drives and what you can do about? Henry Newman and Jeff Layton are going under the hood in this four-part series to determine what is at the heart of the ever-growing file system scaling problem. This installment explains the problem and what their testing and evaluation process will be.
Tags : Storage, file system, RAID, xfs, big data

Whether you have a controller card on your PC or a high-end mission-critical enterprise array, you can configure RAID to make the most of your storage performance if you know a few things about your data and file system.
Tags : Storage Performance, RAID Controller, RAID

There has been some new activity in the RAID arena with companies like Infortrend and Arena-MaxTronic adding to their respective product families, according to a recent report from sister site InfoStor.com.
Tags : encryption, SSD RAID Array, SSD, RAID storage, RAID

The author explains common RAID levels — and makes a case for why you should consider RAID 10.
Tags : RAID levels, data protection, RAID, data recovery, RAID controllers