Doing a backup of a production RAID 1 array. I want to use GUI cloning software (Apricorn, Acronis, etc.) off of the source HDD's OS. Just to confirm, shouldn't the cloning software see the hardware ...

We have covered plenty of NAS HDDs here at TweakTown, and the reason is simple: more and more users are purchasing NAS units every day. The expansion of NAS capabilities allows them to serve a much ...

I've got a RAID-6 array with ten Seagate 2TB NAS drives here. One of the drives started throwing medium errors after a reboot last night, so I'm going to replace it. I can't find the Seagate 2TB NAS ...

As with any purchasing decision, there is always the question of whether or not to make the jump to the next level of performance. The advent of a new class of consumer HDDs geared for NAS usage has ...

Apple offers a couple of software RAID solutions for people interested in either creating a larger disk out of two, or mirroring two disks together for data redundancy in the event of a drive failure.

The only absolute requirement for matching drive specs in a RAID 10 array is that the drives must be of the same architecture, e.g., all SAS or SATA. Mixing and matching drives of differing ...

Hard drives fail, and they do it much more often than we'd like to think. Even if you've set up automated hard drive backups, you're not necessarily getting the best backup bang for your ...

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 ...

Tuning Raid performance has the air of a black art to storage administrators, with the perception that it can do more harm than good. Most consider the job done once the Raid level is selected. But, ...

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.