Market researcher IDC in early December estimated that $9.1 billion worth of enterprise storage systems were sold worldwide during the third quarter of 2015. That was up 2.8 percent over the third ...

I'm prepping for my next major build, and I'm considering some odd options. One of the boards I am looking at has 6x USB 3 connectors, which got me to thinking about setting up an external raid array ...

Datrium, a startup whose technology turns industry-standard servers into high-performance hybrid flash array solutions, has finally started shipping its first model that brings the cost of flash ...

Many of us are now shooting video in 4K/UHD resolution as opposed to HD. Whether we edit and deliver in 4K or not is a decision based on our commissioning requirements but either way, additional hard ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Hewlett-Packard, which has made so secret of the fact that ...

Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has relaxed its pricing on external storage software licenses for the newest high-end array the USP-V, along with its rebranded version from Hewlett-Packard (HP), the ...

Unfortunately, hard drives, like nature, abhor a vacuum. They fill up with music, recorded televisions, videos, pictures from your Aunt Gloria’s wedding, anything and almost everything from the ...

Any organization that’s serious about its data integrity uses storage systems based on RAID level 6 (that’s block-level striping with double distributed parity) which can tolerate the failure of two ...

External hard disks are now essential tools for anyone who needs to store a wide range of data, from critical work documents to cherished personal files. As our storage needs continue to grow, ...

Why do people think RAID means performance? George Ou, Technical Director at ZDNet and a fellow ZDnet blogger, has a great post about real life RAID performance - hardware vs software - plus some ...

Clearly one of the best features of disk arrays is that they can continue working even when a disk has failed. One of the problems, however, is that you might not notice when a disk fails, and thus, ...