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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...
- Tags: Storage, RAID 1, RAID, RAID 5, RAID performance, backup, performance
- Discussion threads 2007-05-08
- Comprehensive RAID performance report
- IntroductionStorage is one of those things that we can never get enough of both in capacity and in performance. This article is going to compare a large set of RAID performance data and perhaps debunk some storage myths. I ran a large set of tests for my Intel...
- Tags: Vista, Storage, Servers, Processors, Networking, Microsoft, Intel, Infrastructure, Hardware, Desktop
- Blog posts 2007-05-04
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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...
- Tags: Serial ATA, SSD, SAS Institute, SAS Drives, performance, disk
- 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...
- Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage, disk, DS409Slim, NAS, NAS server, hard drive, server, RAID
- Product reviews 2009-11-16
- 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...
- Tags: Desktops, Maingear, personal supercomputer, supercomputer, desktop
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
- Hard Disk Sentinel 3.00 (Windows)
- Hard Disk Sentinel monitors hard disk status, health and performance including temperature and S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology, built in most hard disks today) values for each hard disks. Also it measures the hard disk transfer speed in real time which can be used as a benchmark or to...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Backup, Microsoft Windows, H.D.S. Hungary, Professional Version
- Software downloads 2009-10-31
- 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...
- Tags: Performance management, graphics, Measuring, performance
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- HP MediaSmart EX495 Server
- Editors' note: The HP MediaSmart Server EX495 has a very similar feature set to that of the already reviewed LX 195. For this reason, you might have a slight feeling of deja vu while reading the feature section of this review.Priced at around $700, the HP MediaSmart Server EX495 is...
- Tags: Servers, server, HP MediaSmart, hard drive, HP MediaSmart Server, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Product reviews 2009-10-02
- The coming "big crunch" - IT systems will start failing on a large scale
- ScaremongeringAll that was missing - the placard reading 'The End of the World is Nigh'.So my critical, clustered systems are going to start failing are they? Why did I cluster them then?My RAID arrays are going to start failing are they? Why did I go RAID then? And have I...
- Tags: RAID, Hewlett-Packard Co., IT System, power supply, information technology, hardware
- Discussion threads 2009-09-29
- Intel: SSDs are coming
- A MisnomerThe term "solid-state" is actually slightly off, if the intent is to distinguish a unit with no moving parts from one with moving parts. The term "solid-state", although it can be used informally to mean "no-moving-parts", actually refers to lack of vacuum or gas-based tubes, thereby implying the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Visual Studio, Storage, Intel Corp., SSD
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- News to know: IDF; Skype; New neutrality; HP; Palm; Madoff
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. John Morris: Intel: 32nm is just the beginning Sam Diaz: Intel on laptop chips: Speed kills Mary Jo...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Hewlett-Packard Co., Twitter Inc., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-09-24
- What does 6 Gbit SATA mean to you?
- RE: What does 6 Gbit SATA mean to you?The transfer speed will remain meaningless until SATA 10k and 15k RPM speeds become the norm. The speed of the data retrieval from the platters is the biggest factor in drive performance. The disk drive is and will remain the...
- Tags: Performance management, Main Memory, OS/driver, Gbit SATA, disk
- Discussion threads 2009-09-21
- (Netgear Stora NAS server photos)
- Problem is...It only does RAID-1 mirroring, not RAID-0 striping. That means that, if you add a second 1TB drive you still only have 1TB. But, at least you get a duplicate copy of all the data in the event of a crash. Don't know what that means...
- Tags: photograph, server, Netgear Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-21
- QNAP TS-239 Pro dual-bay NAS server
- If you want to get a lot out of your NAS server, the QNAP TS-239 Pro may be the right choice for you, provided you don't mind getting your own hard drives and you possess a decent amount of networking knowhow. The QNAP TS-239 Pro supports an Ajax-based Webinterface...
- Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), QNap, QNAP TS-239 Pro, NAS, server, NAS server, TS-239 Pro, storage
- Product reviews 2009-09-17
- Time to ditch the optical drive, once and for all
- Once heralded as the second coming of data storage, the sun has finally set on the optical drive as an effective vehicle for data storage and delivery. Optical drives are simply too small and too slow to be practical. Single layer discs hold 4.7GB while double layer discs can hold...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Apple Macintosh, Disk, Storage, Optical Drive, MCE, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-09-16
- Velocity Micro Edge Z30 (Intel Core i7)
- We've written about Falcon Northwest's new Core i7-based gaming PC, and now Velocity Micro gets a turn to showcase Intel's new mainstream-priced desktop chip. Our Velocity Micro Edge Z30 review unit comes in at $1,349 and features an overclocked Intel Core i7 860 chip. It also outperforms a pricier Dell...
- Tags: Desktops, PCI, Velocity Micro, Velocity, Edge Z30, Velocity Micro Edge Z30, desktop, Intel Core Microarchitecture
- Product reviews 2009-09-10
- Intel bolsters entry-level server chip lineup
- Intel's Nehalem platform is extending into more markets including entry -level servers and more mainstream consumer PCs. On Tuesday, Intel said that its Intel Core i5 processor family, two new Core i7 chips and a series of Xeon chips geared toward small businesses were now available. These...
- Tags: Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Chip, Xeon 3400, Tech Economy Watcher, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Networking, Components, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-08
- News to know: Gmail outage; VMWorld; Skype; Browsers; Steve Jobs; Google Wave
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: Partly cloudy: Google's Gmail goes down; outage chronicled on Twitter Christopher Dawson: Oh sure...4 days in...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Sony Corp., Google Inc., Google Gmail, Larry Dignan, Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Outage, Sam Diaz, E-mail Providers, Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Internet, Software
- Blog posts 2009-09-02
- Maximize the performance of Microsoft Vista and Intel Matrix RAID: Part 2
- If ever there was a black art in the world of IT, RAID certainly fits the bill. In part two of his series, Alan Norton discusses what happens to an Intel Matrix RAID array and system performance when a number of unplanned and unwanted events occur.
- Tags: Performance, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Alan Norton, RAID, Storage, Hardware
- Download resources 2009-08-28
- Apricorn's 4 TB hard card: PCI RAID array pt. 1
- The folks over at Apricorn - a 26 year old company in SoCal - sent me their new PCIe Drive Array to review. A new video capture card requires higher bandwidth storage - over 100 MB/s sustained - so the timing was good. You may recall the...
- Tags: Card, Bandwidth, Disk, Apricorn, Video, PCI Express, Video Capture Card, MB/sec, PeDA, WD, Blackmagic Design Intensity Pro Video Capture Card, RAID, Corporate Communications, Storage, PCI, Hardware, Marketing, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2009-08-27
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