Apple offers a couple of software RAID solutions for people interested in either creating a larger disk out of two, or mirroring two disks together for data redundancy in the event of a drive failure.

The great thing about creating RAID volumes in Linux is that it’s so easy. RAID is really important for servers, and like most server software on Linux, it gets a lot of development attention. In our ...

For the past few weeks, I've been stress testing RAID devices for your entertainment and edification. Today, we'll be looking at the fourth of seven NAS products to see how it performs. Let's put this ...

Businesses that don't utilize cloud storage to back up their data -- and perhaps even those that do -- should consider making use of a redundant array of independent disks or RAID configuration to ...

The odds of losing all your data are low, but never zero.

Here's a head-scratcher. I have a couple of 6TB drives installed in a Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS box, and I want to install them in a software RAID1 array. Here's what the disks look like: root@orion:~# mdadm ...

Drives can die at any time. Protect your data. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Creating a software RAID 1 array in Linux takes ...

A redundant array of independent disks (RAID) is when you use multiple drives to achieve higher speeds or to ensure data is better protected. There are many types of RAID, and with two drives you can ...

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 ...

The IDE JBOD (just a bunch of disks)/RAID (redundant array of inexpensive disks) PCIe (PCI Express) controller adds an extra channel, RAID capability, and JBOD capability to any desktop system, and ...

Your computer's basic input/output system controls system-level hardware settings. For example, the BIOS has an "official" system clock. It also handles keeping track of physical hard drives, deciding ...