How valuable is your data? If your storage drive crashed, would it ruin your day? Your week? Your entire career? Only you can answer those questions for yourself and your organization. But I'll tell ...

If you were to gauge RAID 5’s utility just by looking at a RAID calculator, it would seem like an efficient option for most ...

Doing a backup of a production RAID 1 array. I want to use GUI cloning software (Apricorn, Acronis, etc.) off of the source HDD's OS. Just to confirm, shouldn't the cloning software see the hardware ...

I've got a RAID-6 array with ten Seagate 2TB NAS drives here. One of the drives started throwing medium errors after a reboot last night, so I'm going to replace it. I can't find the Seagate 2TB NAS ...

Apple's Mac Pro computers have the capacity of holding up to four internal hard drives, and all Mac models support the use of external drives through either USB or FireWire. This allows for multiple ...

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 ...

Brainout asked the Hard Drives, NAS Drives, Storage forum to explain some of the words used to describe hard drives and storage. Technical terms can get overwhelming, especially when they include too ...

This cleverly disguised 2.5-inch RAID enclosure drastically improved the performance of our hard drives in RAID 0. But continuing problems with configuring SSDs leaves us unable to recommend it in ...

Western Digital's latest attempt to cash in on our general guilt over not backing up files is the My Book Mirror Edition. Effectively bridging the gap between a traditional standalone USB hard-drive ...

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Apple’s Disk Utility is usually the go-to app for reformatting, partitioning, and diagnosing storage devices on your Mac. For many years, the Disk Utility app stayed the same in terms of features and ...