RAID storage has been the enterprise champion for nearly 30 years, but it's finally running out of steam. What's the future of storage? Dave Rosenberg has more than 15 years of technology and ...

Apple has updated its 3U rack-storage system the Xserve RAID, which can now store a maximum of 5.6 terabytes (TB) and achieve per-gigabyte costs of just over US$2 per GB. Fourteen independent 400GB ...

It's hard to understate the impact of NAND flash and SSDs. Over the last decade, these storage solutions have transformed the entire market. But long before we had massive solid-state storage, we had ...

It’s been accepted dogma that the best way to protect data on disks is with redundant array of independent disks (RAID). RAID is a storage technology that distributes data across multiple disk drives, ...

As we’ve been talking about Server Message Block support, this week is a good time to discuss storage appliances that offer this service. The advantage that these devices provide is the ability to add ...

This was among the driving forces behind the development of the Serial ATA standard, which showed potential to address these issues. Now in its second revision, SATA is delivering what system builders ...

Whether you’re an independent creative professional or an IT admin for a business or organization, fast and secure data is always a top priority. Without compromise, the all-new iodyne Pro Data stands ...

Finally, the easy-way-out, if possible, is to buy two (2) identical drives where the capacity of a single drive meets your storage needs. Mirror them with software RAID and don't look back. It has the ...

Managing a ton of drives in your PC is annoying. It gums up File Explorer and makes it difficult to know where files are supposed to go. You can set up a RAID array to simplify managing your drives, ...

3-Gbit/s storage chip operates with internal or external drives Said to be the first device to combine 3-Gbit/s SATA/eSATA ports with hardware RAID, the SiI 4723 storage processor turns a single SATA ...

Adaptec’s decision to sell its RAID business to PMC-Sierra leaves the storage vendor a shell of its former self, with a small ASIC business, 200 patents, $400 million, and little else to show after 26 ...

You already know that you shouldn't be treating your RAID array as a backup, but in case the point hasn't settled in, I'm here to remind you once again. Your RAID array, regardless of how it's ...