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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 ...

May 11, 2023
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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 ...

February 07, 2023
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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 ...

January 16, 2023
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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 ...

June 14, 2022
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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 ...

December 09, 2021
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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 ...

September 16, 2021
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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 ...

August 24, 2021
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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 ...

January 17, 2021
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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 ...