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Comparing RAID levels: 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 and 50 explained

By Brien Posey, Erin Sullivan, Stacey Peterson 15 Nov 2023

RAID protects data and improves storage performance and availability, but it can be confusing. Read about the different levels of RAID, the pros and cons, and where they work best. Read More

Faster block storage, Actifio's fate outlined at Google Cloud Next

By Tim McCarthy 13 Oct 2021

Google Cloud Next announcements expand Google Cloud's enterprise storage portfolio with future native Actifio data protection and new extreme persistent disk for block storage. Read More

Set up a virtual hard disk and perform a Windows 10 dual boot

By Ed Tittel, Kari Finn 16 Aug 2017

Dual booting Windows 10 can come in handy in a variety of ways. The process requires that IT knows how to build a virtual hard disk and install Windows 10 on it. Read More

WinMagic SecureDoc: Full-disk encryption product overview

By Karen Scarfone 17 Aug 2016

Expert Karen Scarfone examines the features of WinMagic's SecureDoc, a full-disk encryption product for laptops, desktops, mobile devices and servers. Read More

Spectra Logic unveils Vail hybrid cloud storage virtualisation

By Antony Adshead 20 Oct 2021

Vail provides single pool of storage overlay to on-premise flash, disk and tape, plus cloud via object storage interface with Posix-compliance promised in future releases Read More

How to perform a forensic acquisition of a virtual machine disk

By Paul Henry 06 Oct 2015

Virtualization expert Paul Henry provides a step-by-step guide to imaging a virtual machine disk (*flat.vmdk) in a forensically sound manner. Read More

Using shared disks to set up virtual clusters in ESXi

By Stuart Burns 18 Mar 2016

Thanks to some expert advice, we've come up with some best practices for building a Red Hat-based Linux cluster in an ESXi environment. Read More

Deconstructing disk capacity using VM thin provisioning

By Alastair Cooke 03 Mar 2016

Although thin provisioning promises to reduce the disk footprint of VMs, it can lead to an increase in disk capacity usage, making capacity monitoring absolutely essential. Read More

Erasure coding vs Raid for disk rebuilds

By Chris Evans 14 May 2015

Erasure coding as a means of data protection has emerged with object storage and offers an alternative to Raid systems Read More

Infinidat expands beyond HDDs with new all-solid-state array

By Carol Sliwa 17 Jun 2021

Infinidat's new all-solid-state InfiniBox SSA storage array is built on the same deep-learning software and DRAM cache technology that its flagship disk-based InfiniBox models use. Read More