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 ...

How do you calculate the disk space available for data storage and how much disk space is utilised for parity storage in a RAID 5 configuration? RAID 5, if applied correctly and against a suitable I/O ...

I have a data server that is quickly running out of storage space that I would like to upgrade. Currently, I have 4 200GB drives in a nonoptimal RAID 1 configuration. I'm finally getting around to ...

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 ...

Businesses sometimes store their data in a redundant array of inexpensive/independent disks arrangement, or RAID, but when one or more drives fail, or the ...

Today, we continue our discussion of RAID 5. When it comes to RAID 5, rebuild times are affected by four things. The first parameter is the number of drives in the array: the more drives you have, the ...

If you were the type to think of 2.5" drive technology only in terms of notebook products, then recently, Western Digital probably helped expand your horizons a bit. With the release of their ...

IRVINE, CALIF. — Sonnet Technologies announced the launch of the Fusion QR, a compact and portable four-drive RAID 5 SATA storage system. The Fusion QR replaces the company’s Fusion D400QR5. Like the ...

When it comes to storage excess, there are few companies that regularly come out with outrageous “museum ready” external hard drives like the folks from LaCie. Look no further than the company’s Sphre ...