What is the maximum number of physical drives in a RAID 5 configuration? For example, will data recovery in case of drive failure(s) be practical if I have seven 146 GB drives? RAID 5 recovery: A RAID ...

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

Edit: my last post is the most up to date, most other posts are just ramblings compared to the situation as it looks now...<BR><BR>I'm trying to fix my nieces computer here. She is extremely fond of ...

How valuable is your data? If your storage drive crashed, would it ruin your day? Your week? Your entire career? Only you can answer those questions for yourself and your organization. But I'll tell ...

So what are my options? Can I try re-installing Windows on my Raptor drive and hope that the RAID 1 would still appear intact in the fresh install? Or as the data is mirrored, could I even try pluggin ...

If you don’t routinely back up your data and have lost essential files from an external hard drive, external hard drive recovery can be challenging. External hard disk data recovery can be more ...

Brainout asked the Hard Drives, NAS Drives, Storage forum to explain some of the words used to describe hard drives and storage. Technical terms can get overwhelming, especially when they include too ...