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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 ...

The hardware truth about using cheap HDDs in a NAS ...

The combination of Linux software RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) and LVM2 (Logical Volume Manager, version 2) offered in modern Linux operating systems offers both robustness and ...

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 ...

RAID: It’s not just for Warcraft nerds anymore. If you’ve got a ton of music, photos and video and you don’t know about RAID hard-drive arrays yet, read this—or wave your precious media files buh-bye.

This cleverly disguised 2.5-inch RAID enclosure drastically improved the performance of our hard drives in RAID 0. But continuing problems with configuring SSDs leaves us unable to recommend it in ...

A follow-up to our report of our recent hard drive failure: As you may recall, we sent our hard drive to DriveSavers for data recovery. They were nothing short of amazing. They confirmed that the ...

Your hard drive may not always perform well, and sudden disk errors or accidental deletion can cause you to lose data. But there’s no need to feel frustrated after losing essential data on a hard ...

If you need a lot of storage in a single box, the Thunderbolt 3 G-RAID Mirror dual-HDD delivers at speeds that might surprise you. The box also accepts SanDisk’s Pro-Blade SSD modules for ...