Category Archive For: RAID

Non-shared Storage High Availability Cluster – Protected With Mirrors

Deploying the High Availability – Queries and Doubts Recently, one of our partners struggled with the problem of designing a Non-shared Storage High Availability Cluster consisting of two nodes stretched ...

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RAID Choice

Which RAID Serves You Best – Speed, Protection, and Storage in Data Management

Nowadays, constant data access is a basis of many industries to ensure fluid operations. Lack of such access can result in a loss of credibility among customers, a complete halt ...

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Hardware vs. software RAID

Is it worth using hardware RAID controllers with a ZFS-based Open-E JovianDSS?

Our support experts often hear the question if it’s ok to use RAID controllers with the ZFS-based Open-E JovianDSS data storage appliances. We decided to answer this question in the ...

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toshiba, hdd, temperature

How Does High Temperature Affect Your HDDs?

Importance of HDD temperature control The internal temperature of a hard drive is an important factor not only in its correct functioning but also when it comes to the reliability ...

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Open-E JovianDSS Up29r1 Is Now Available & Can Support a Number of New Hardware Options!

This latest version of Open-E JovianDSS, Up29r1, is aimed primarily at providing customers with a wider range of hardware options to choose from than ever before, something that’s very important ...

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The Fundamentals of RAID

The Fundamentals of RAID

This is a Viking. He has a helmet. The helmet has no horns. Viking helmets didn’t have horns. He has full armor. Vikings wore full armor just like everyone else ...

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data storage, hot spare, server

Why a HOT SPARE Hard Disk Is a Bad Idea

Updated on 03/08/2021 Due, in part, to the different views and opinions regarding the usage of hot spare disks in our previous post, we’ve decided to add an update for ...

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cache, performance, security

Data Caching, Performance and Security

Updated 11/04/2022 I guess that all of us know that caching the data usually increases performance, but I wonder if all of us are aware of the risk that caching ...

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RAID

RAID 5: How does it work?

Updated 23/09/2021 A few years ago, we published an article ‘How does RAID 5 work? The shortest and easiest explanation ever’. We have to admit that this article enjoyed great ...

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RAID 2, RAID 3, RAID 4

RAID 2, RAID 3, RAID 4 – What It Is, How It Works? The History Lesson

Updated on 20/09/2021 After RAID 0 and RAID 1 (with RAID 1+0 and RAID 0+1) it is time for RAID 2, 3 and 4. Here we present a short description ...

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