Spring into RAID Maintenance: Preventing RAID Failure with a Server Maintenance Checklist
Use this RAID maintenance checklist to reduce the risk of RAID failure. Learn how proactive server care protects performance and prevents data loss.
Use this RAID maintenance checklist to reduce the risk of RAID failure. Learn how proactive server care protects performance and prevents data loss.
Here are 3 common RAID myths that DriveSavers has heard after tens of thousands of server data recoveries.
What do you do if you need very fast data processing and don’t want to spend a lot of money? Well, RAID 0 may be the perfect solution. RAID stands for Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks and comes in several configurations, each with unique benefits. In this article, we’re going…
Hard drives are one of the most important parts of our computers and smart devices. These components are where our most precious memories and valued information live. Understanding how hard drives work is key to properly maintaining them for functionality and longevity. But learning how a hard drive works is…
Setting up a RAID configuration is a helpful way to maximize storage capacity, amplify performance and reduce risks of data loss. RAID-based storage solutions use all the best parts of a group of hard drives to create an efficient, reliable data storage unit. RAIDs come in many shapes and sizes—each…
What do you do if you’re a small to medium-sized business—or even a freelancer or consultant— who can’t afford the capital investment to buy high-capacity servers? You still need your drives to deliver fast read and write speeds with ample storage space, but the cost is so prohibitive! Depending on…
Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) are frequently used by small to medium-sized businesses to help expand digital storage capacity. This innovation in hard drive technology has revolutionized the way businesses save their data and prevented many from having to make big capital investments in oversized drives and other expensive…
For decades, PC users’ computing efforts have been hindered by subpar hard drive configurations. In most cases, hard drives installed in a standard PC cause bottlenecking. And that results in a lot of lag and user frustration. RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) hard drives have the power (literally!) to…
By Mike Cobb, Director of Engineering Thinking about using RAID configurations in your data storage strategy but not sure what the alphabet soup acronym means, and which type to use? Start here and learn the basic language. RAID defined RAID is shorthand for redundant array of independent disks, and refers…
By Mike Cobb, DriveSavers Director of Engineering Updated 12/5/2018 If your company shuts its data storage systems down during the holidays, be careful that it’s not the last shutdown before a data loss. The Problem with Planned Shutdowns Many companies close their doors for an extended time during the Christmas…