RAID Level options are: 0,1,5,6,10,50,60 I'm currently favoring RAID-50; tolerating 1 drive failure is sufficient for our needs as the data will be going to tape weekly and downtime isn't a huge deal ...

That’s why you’ll often hear home lab enthusiasts and data-hoarders (including yours truly) mention the importance of extra ...

QNAP have announced their latest network-attached storage device, the four-bay SS-439 Pro Turbo NAS. Capable of establishing various levels of RAID array for up to 2TB of total capacity, the SS-439 is ...

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

The four-bay AS-604T NAS server is the first storage product I've reviewed from Asustor -- the storage division of Asus -- and it was quite a pleasant surprise. The server was very fast in my testing, ...

As storage needs grow ever larger, 1-terabyte (TB) class drives are coming out of the woodwork to fill the void. CMS Product's Velocity 2 RAID Backup System ($1,119 direct) is one of those drives ...

As a topic, backups is one of those subject likely to elicit as many answers as people you ask about it. It is as personal a choice as your desktop configuration or your operating system. So in this ...

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 ...