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- RAID 1
- Mirroring disks for fault tolerance. See RAID.
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- Chunks: the hidden key to RAID performance
- Chunks: the hidden key to RAID performanceThe "i" got redefined by the industryThe "i" in RAID got redefined by the industry to mean "independent" because they got sick and tired of being questioned about their 500 to 1000 percent premium over identical hard drives on the market that don't carry...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-08
- Dude, Dell does backup
- Dude, Dell does backupi think its a good idea at a great pricethey have been using that for servers so that big companys would not loose there information and its about time they start doing that for the home pc also and at that price its decentNothing but false securityIf...
- Discussion threads 2005-10-26
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- Disks: why size means performance
- OK, Smarty pants...How do I use only the outer-most sectors of my 500GB disk?Performance != reliabilitySeagate has progressively gotten worse with reliability - that's why they cut the 5-year warranty back down to 3 years. Western Digital has made great strides with reliability though. WD isn't focussing on...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Synology Disk Station DS409slim - NAS server
- Synology Disk Station DS409slim is a true miniature powerhouse in the network-attached storage device market. It's the first 2.5-inch hard drive-based NAS server we've reviewed that offers hot-swappable capability. However, that is its least impressive feature. The server did well in our performance tests and, like other Synology products we've...
- Product reviews 2009-11-16
- UK Santas getting gadget training before the holidays
- Shopping List for regular readersExcellent idea training: then you can select with confidence from ZDNET bloggers' recommended XMAS gifts:1. Ed Bott: Windows Secrets by Paul Thurrott. You might get a signature on that because Ed is on a world tour fixing Vista PC's one at a time. Oh, you wanted...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- GNOME delays 3.0 release
- normal people use kde anywaygnome should never have existed at all, it's just a waste of developers time.they should have join XFCE and KDE projects.KDE 4.3 ....Just plain stinks ... not ready for prime time.Me, I prefer 3.5.10 ...kde 4.3. doesn't stinkyou are just spoiled by the extremly high standards...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- RAID Monitor 3.1.2 (Mac)
- RAID Monitor is a utility to monitor the state of your RAID. If the software detects a problem with the RAID set - it will email you to let you know that there is an issue you need to resolve.
- Software downloads 2009-11-08
- Easeus Partition Master Home Edition 4.1.1 (Windows)
- EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition is an excellent partition management freeware. With its help, you can extend system partition, have better disk space management, settle low disk space problem! The most attractive feature is it can resize/move partition without destroying data.This free partition software works perfectly with hardware RAID and...
- Software downloads 2009-11-08
- Easeus Partition Master Professional 4.1.1 (Windows)
- Magic Partition Software - Easeus released upgraded version Easeus Partition Master Professional Edition with new features: Windows 7 Support. With its help, you can extend system partition, have better disk space management, settle low disk space problem. The most attractive feature is it can extend system partition or other partitions...
- Software downloads 2009-11-08
- Maingear unleashes Shift desktop, child-sized 'personal supercomputer' for $2,199 (or $13,394)
- Without demonstrated Linux or OSX support......what's the point? Who does video stuff on Windows?Plenty do.....You just don't get out much. My XP system with cakewalk software did me just fine and that was on a P4 system that couldn't keep itself cool, ever. But my audio quality...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Friday Challenge: What can your OS do that mine can't?
- My OS can break 5% global desktop market share!Sorry Mac and Linux! :PBetter/Larger Hardware/Software SelectionMy operating system Windows has a better and larger library of available applications, and a larger ecosystem of supported hardware.Why do you insist in behaving as an idiot?Hope what they're paying you is enough to compensate...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- New Apple ads slam Microsoft and Windows 7
- No mentionJust as Microsoft haven't mentioned the tens of hours it'll take up upgrade your Vista machine, and the known bug that could cause your upgrade to hang at 62%http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975253LameThese "I'm A Mac" ads have gotten Rather lame. Again, can't Apple come up with something that promotes OSX rather than...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- One second: The time it takes to wipe three years of work
- Not all that worriedWith the cost of drives these days, and with Raid cards or raid capable Motherboards at such cheap prices these days, I've setup mine with a RAID 1 mirror.Plus an automated weekly backup.I spend alot of time and money on my music (just sitting there ripping my...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- DiskGetor Data Recovery 2.1 (Windows)
- DiskGetor Data Recovery is a powerful hard disk data recovery software, fast free scan hard disk or hard drive partition, fast recover deleted (word/excel/music/zip/pdf/video) files or recover lost data from hard drive , lost/deleted/format/repartition/missing/Ghost raw partition or usd card ,raid disk drive. Even if you have written part of data,The...
- Software downloads 2009-10-20
- Fare thee well, lovely ToyBox readers: My Top 10 favorite posts
- The dreary weather couldn't be better for writing a sad goodbye to my faithful ToyBox readers. The time has come for me to pack up and move on out of the ZDNet family. The last nine months spent as your Gadget Gal have been wonderful, but I have to pass...
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- R-Studio Data Recovery 5.1 build 130017 (Windows)
- R-Studio is a comprehensive data recovery and undelete program renowned for its ability to recover mission-critical data lost to viruses, malicious attacks, and hardware failures or operating system crashes. It supports FAT/NTFS Windows, HFS/HFS+ Mac, UFS1/UFS2 & Ext2FS/3FS file systems and functions on local and network disks, even if partitions...
- Software downloads 2009-10-12
- RAIDaid 1.9.2 (Mac)
- RAIDaid has an easy to use interface that allows you to view disk arrays in all popular RAID formats. You can now plan your RAID setup and configuration even if you don't have a RAID!Benefits: Quickly determine the best configuration for your RAID system. Mix and match different RAID levels...
- Software downloads 2009-10-10
- Measuring Windows 7 performance
- my scoresi have an intel i-940, 9gb, nvidia 9800gt w/1gb, nvidia gts 250 /512 amd 54 seagate 7200 rpm drives.processor 7.2memory 7.6graphics 7.0gaming 7.0hard drive 5.9RE: Measuring Windows 7 performance"I used Excel to color-code the values on this chart with a simple 'greener is better, redder is worse' key."Try doing...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- CTERA launches CloudPlug; Aims for cloud-attached storage
- CTERA on Tuesday launched its first "cloud attached storage" devices for general availability. The devices, the CTERA CloudPlug and the CTERA C200, are worth a look. The CloudPlug, a little contraption I was introduced to at the Under the Radar conference in April, has a lot of...
- Blog posts 2009-10-06
- Apple RAID Card Firmware 1.1 (Mac)
- The update is recommend for all Mac Pro (Late 2006, Early 2008) and Xserve (Late 2006, Early 2008) systems with the Apple RAID card. The updater application will be installed in the /Applications/Utilities folder and will launch automatically. Please follow the instructions in the updater application to complete the...
- Software downloads 2009-10-06
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