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 ...

As useful as a NAS can be, it's also hardware that's really expensive to set up—a good NAS with several terabytes of storage ...

I'm building a low-end server (Dual P3 900MHz, 512MB RAM) and I decided to try an IDE RAID setup to keep costs down. What I can't decide is whether to go with a 3-drive RAID 5 configuration or a ...

Going into mid-2018, CalDigit is looking to continue pushing its storage solutions to the next level. With much of their lineup now moved over to Thunderbolt 3, it was only fitting that their flagship ...

In seek time, the rotational velocity of the Raptors still overcomes all configurations of the Maxtor drives. The pattern of a pair of Maxtor drives having very similar performance to three drives in ...

Other World Computing has announced the launch of the new ThunderBlade X8 solid-state drive with better RAID 5 performance and more capacity. The device is touted as the fastest shuttle and edit RAID ...

In recent time, RAID technology has been put into service in almost every application, such as desktops, servers, laptops, storage devices, and environments that require a large number of hard disk ...

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