I have a Windows Storage Server 2003 running on 3x 500GB SATA HDD in a RAID 5 array on a PERC 5/i card. The problem is we need more storage space, and therefore I was planning on buying 4x 1TB drives.

RAID or Redundant Array of Independent Disks combines multiple disks into a single storage pool that the operating system views as a single drive. While enterprise systems use hardware RAID with a ...

Whether you’re a newcomer to the home lab ecosystem or a data hoarder with many years under the belt, you’ve probably heard about RAID levels. After all, RAID, or Redundant Array of Independent (or ...

In simple layman’s terms, RAID is a technology that allows users to combine multiple physical disk drives into a single unit. This improves data storage performance and reliability, enhances data ...

Hi, I'm having some trouble figuring out which ports to connect my hard drives to. Currently, I have my 160GB SATA Maxtor for the OS/applications on the SATA1 port of the ICH7R controller, and 2 WD ...

There are many levels of IT hell. Surely, one of the worst of those involves coping with the looming torture of RAID 5. RAID has been with us for more than 20 years, and during that time has saved the ...